Christmas pudding flavoured crisps, Boxing Day curry peanuts: why is festive food so disgusting?

There’s no seasonal cheer in the supermarkets’ annual serving of dreadful edible trinkets

Pascor, London: ‘Food that demands you have a good time’ – restaurant review

With sizzling good food at affordable prices, this neighbourhood joint in Kensington is full of welcome surprises, says Jay Rayner

It may be a classic Cumbrian pub, but the Black Bull knows how to please a far more diverse crowd

All they care about is that you bumble back out of the door wholly sated and with your top trouser button loosened

Classic dishes served with poise and elegance. There are so many reasons to linger at this bistro

Fine dining where no one even attempts to tell you the provenance of any ingredient, which is absolutely blissful

The Session Arts Club chef’s recipes ring the changes on the traditional Christmas lunch

Mashed, boiled, baked, fried or as an ice-cream: nothing is more versatile, says the Chishuru chef

The TV chef on family, food – and what’s cooking in her garage

What goes best with turkey? And what’s good for a party? Your guide to wines for all festive occasions – and budgets

Exploring the myths, mysteries and memories of west African barbecue

A menu of Brazilian and Italian dishes had to be memorable. It was – but not for the right reasons

The author on childhood fruit fears and the role of food in her novels, The Miniaturist and The House of Fortune

The pioneering chef Joyce Molyneux ran a kitchen that was unpretentious and democratic – a far cry from some places I’ve eaten at recently

The lasagne will line your stomach but little else