Le Pont Bistrot, London SE1: ‘It looks like all of 7p has been spent on this refurbishment’ – restaurant review

Someone, somewhere, had at some point intended this fixture of riverside dining to be brilliant

I took the train to Düsseldorf – here’s my guide to the city

Next stop in our series marking the Interrail pass’s 50th birthday is a city in the heartland of industrial Germany, home to avant-garde art, electronic music and high fashion

Two pints of lager and a Michelin star: why gastropubs are roaring back

A new generation of top chefs are forgoing fine-dining restaurants for pub kitchens and the freedom to serve a tasting menu alongside a pint and casual snack

Claire Ptak’s secret ingredient: vanilla vodka

London’s star baker has a thrifty way to add a luxury fragrance and flavour to cakes, cookies, ice-cream – everything!

Eileen Atkins: ‘People told me not to go on the internet because I’m angry enough already’

Tears at lunchtime as the actor talks about her memoir, Doc Martin and Judi Dench’s baking skills

From Paris to Galway: expert foodies reveal the very best places to eat on holiday

Fred Sirieix’s guide to Paris, Girorgio Locatelli on Sicily, plus hidden gems in Copenhagen, Seville, Cornwall, Limassol, Amsterdam and Lisbon

The Seafood Cabin, Argyll: ‘Exactly right’ – restaurant review

The Kintyre peninsula is wonderfully empty – let’s hope the splendid Seafood Cabin doesn’t change that, says Rev Richard Coles

Here’s an answer to the restaurant staffing crisis: pick up the odd waiting shift to eat out

Perhaps the massed ranks of the middle aged could help out by waiting at table? I’ve got my apron ready…

Emma Willis: ‘I’m annoyed that I didn’t relish my Hollywood handshake’

The Cooking With the Stars presenter eats a lot of cake and doesn’t mind a microwave but won’t go near anything that has a shell

Bassenthwaite Lake Station, Cumbria: ‘Magical things are happening’ – restaurant review

I love an afternoon tea that incapacitates

Finally, I got Covid. Give me chicken soup, Marmite and drugs

Nutrition used to be the cornerstone of nursing. So I’ll have plenty of what makes me feel better – as well as the medication

Ka Pao, Edinburgh: ‘It’s bold and exciting’ – restaurant review

The borderless southeast Asian food at Ka Pao in Edinburgh is amazingly appetising (but sadly its location isn’t). By Jay Rayner

Noci, London N1: ‘Occasionally delicious, sometimes slapdash’ – restaurant review

‘It would be very princess and the pea of me to grumble …’

Seaside fish and chip shops are a national treasure. Here are 20 of the best

It’s one of the UK’s favourite dishes and it always tastes better with a big portion of sea air

Black Salt, London: ‘A thrilling take on familiar dishes’ – restaurant review

Far more than just another suburban restaurant, Black Salt has real quality and class