Adejoké Bakare’s secret ingredient: plantain
Mashed, boiled, baked, fried or as an ice-cream: nothing is more versatile, says the Chishuru chef
Nadiya Hussain: ‘My kids love offal. I cooked tripe yesterday’
The TV chef on family, food – and what’s cooking in her garage
The 20 best Christmas wines for 2022
What goes best with turkey? And what’s good for a party? Your guide to wines for all festive occasions – and budgets
‘I think of suya and I’m on a Lagos beach with Mum’: celebrating Nigeria’s spice dish
Exploring the myths, mysteries and memories of west African barbecue
Restaurant Elis: ‘It was only fine, it wasn’t awful’ – review
A menu of Brazilian and Italian dishes had to be memorable. It was – but not for the right reasons
Jessie Burton: ‘I don’t think I tried an apple or an orange until I was 15’
The author on childhood fruit fears and the role of food in her novels, The Miniaturist and The House of Fortune
Show me a restaurant and I will give you a glimpse of Britain in miniature
The pioneering chef Joyce Molyneux ran a kitchen that was unpretentious and democratic – a far cry from some places I’ve eaten at recently
Tutto, Brighton: ‘There are chefs here who can’t cook pasta’ – restaurant review
The lasagne will line your stomach but little else
Stressed out by all this global catastrophe? Try a globe artichoke
Eating one is such a fiddly, intense process that you can’t think about anything else. But the season’s nearly done, more’s the pity
Roasta Preston, Preston: ‘Takes you far beyond comfort food’ – restaurant review
This cheerful Cantonese diner is a delight, and the menu is worth exploring in depth says Jay Rayner
mu, London E8: ‘A very decent, experimental Japanese with a side of jazz’ – restaurant review
The food is the missing link between Ormskirk and Osaka. Someone, somewhere, has really thought about this stuff
Jinseon Korean BBQ Restaurant, Coventry: ‘Unalloyed enthusiasm’ – restaurant review
Release your inner cave-dweller at this great Korean diner, says Jay Rayner
Milk Beach, London W1: ‘Worth putting your best board shorts on for’ – restaurant review
A breezy flutter through Mediterranean and south-east Asian influences, with Sydney swagger at its heart
Moonfish Café, Aberdeen: ‘A crowd-pleasing menu’ – restaurant review
On a grey day in the Granite City, lunch comes with a touch of magic and plenty of welcome colour
The Old Stamp House, Ambleside, Cumbria: ‘Low-key fabulous’ – restaurant review
It may have a Michelin star and a ‘world’s best fine dining’ gong to boot, but this Lake District venture has not been swayed from its core purpose: to serve exquisite, hyper-local fare with verve