‘Around here, people want top-end food’: how Lancashire’s Ribble Valley became Britain’s gastropub capital

With villages around the town of Clitheroe now home to three of the UK’s top 50 gastropubs, we celebrate this unique north-western take on excellent pub dining

The 20 best budget wines in the UK

OFM’s drinks expert picks high street wines where quality comes at a surprisingly low price

River Cafe’s Ruth Rogers: ‘There’s no right way to deal with grief. Mine is to just keep going’

At a place run by one of her many proteges, the chef and restaurateur talks about loss, family and Nancy Pelosi’s tablecloth

Helen Graham’s secret ingredient: sumac

Bubala’s executive chef on the powdered sour berry that works with sweet and savoury dishes

Buy a good knife and never say sorry: top chefs share the best cooking advice they ever had

Jeremy Lee, Angela Hartnett and many more pass on the tips that have saved them in the kitchen

Some dishes stay with you forever. But should I go looking for that perfect moment again?

Revisiting things we love often leads to disappointment. But there was this mousse with mussels, and I can’t resist…

Mark Gatiss: ‘I’m genuinely terrified that we are losing the caff for ever’

The actor and director on his fears for a British institution, the day he stopped being vegetarian and why he’s a fast eater

Restaurant St Barts, London EC1: ‘A place to take the food obsessive in your life’ – restaurant review

A place for diners who regard food as art, made to be gasped and cogitated over

What to eat in 2023: ‘genius’ labneh, ‘phenomenal’ soup and a tartare that ‘outshone them all’

Australian chefs, restaurateurs producers and food writers share their favourite culinary hits to put on your to-eat list this year

What could my family love more than my braised ox cheeks? Plenty, it seems

I serve them up culinary delights, but when I’m not there it’s sausage sandwiches and jacket potatoes that they crave

Jam Delish, London N1: ‘A gamechanger for vegan restaurants’ – restaurant review

Plant-based food is often dreary and dry but I have eaten enough to know genius when I see it

Paris on the cheap: a local’s guide to flea markets, baguettes and funky bistros

From art nouveau cafes to the resting place of French kings, our man in Paris knows where to find affordable fun

My father thought not eating meat was silly but the vegan revolution has been seismic

Restaurants have finally realised that there is money to be made from tofu-eaters

Review of the year: ‘I was privileged to eat stupidly well in 2022’

It was a challenging year, but the best places led by shining example, writes Jay Rayner

‘They begged me to keep it secret’ – Grace Dent’s favourite restaurants of 2022

In a year of hugely hyped, slapdash nonsense, I was thankful for the many gems