Tom Allen: ‘As a teenager, I threw formal dinner parties for friends – very awkward for everybody’

The comedian and Bake Off: An Extra Slice presenter on napkin folding, drunk gardening and life as a waiter

Sourdough or sliced white? Gin or vodka? Pick a side – and yes, you will be judged

Think carefully about your answers – because food choices can speak volumes

Lisbon Tapas, Wrexham: ‘A place that is genuinely pleased to see you’ – restaurant review

This small Portuguese restaurant has a big heart – and serves fantastic seafood

Secret restaurant costs: is it outrageous to charge €2 to cut a sandwich in half?

An Italian cafe has gone viral after slapping a surcharge on a patron who wanted to share his lunch with his girlfriend. But there’s more to it than mere effrontery

Vanilla slice, banh mi and fried ice-cream: Adam Liaw and Poh Ling Yeow on seven Australian dishes worth travelling for

The cooks and MasterChef alumni share their favourite destination meals and snacks, from a small-town vanilla slice to Top End laksa

Pavyllon, London: ‘Serious drama, both on the plate and off’ – restaurant review

Prices will be sky high here courtesy of superstar chef Yannick Alléno, unless a fire alarm intervenes. By Jay Rayner

Planning a UK mini-break? See how the price has gone up – from hotels to fish and chips

That seaside staple is up by more than 50%, while car hire is up 75% … add an item to our visual tool to see how costs have risen in the past five years

The Botanist, Chester: ‘I should say, Wow!’ – restaurant review

Unimpressed by a novelty hanging kebab, Jay Rayner owns up to being a food snob when it comes to novelty dishes

Sharkbait & Swim, London: ‘Rock oysters here are plump and pert’ – restaurant review

For a smart original take on great seafood, visit a railway arch close to the Thames in Deptford

‘It’s not just the food we missed’: three writers remember beloved restaurants that closed down

From student haunts to a first ‘proper’ meal out, why we mourn the places where we ate that are no longer with us

‘It’s dangerously good’: tinned cocktails tested and rated

Sandrae Lawrence, from the Cocktail Lovers podcast and magazine, tries out this summer’s best mixes

Michel Roux: ‘It’s hard to avoid the ‘B-word’ – Brexit – when you look at the situation today’

In his daughter’s Notting Hill restaurant, the chef reflects on his food dynasty and the most gifted cook he’s worked with

Paul Ainsworth’s secret ingredient: feta

A supermarket staple that has many more uses than you may first imagine, from breaded and fried to whipping it up as a dip

‘It feels sinless’: Jay Rayner on why Britain’s ice-cream business is booming

An uncomplicated, comforting pleasure that harks back to childhood – post-Covid, it’s no surprise that ice-cream parlours are coming in from the cold

10 great places to eat ice-cream in the UK

From blackcurrant and clotted-cream soft serve in Bristol to nougat wafer sandwiches in Glasgow, here’s where to get a lick of the best