The restaurants we love are woven into our lives
There’ll always be new restaurants, but I return to the ones that are home to drama, heartbreak and joy
Annie Macmanus: ‘I can’t cook. But I’m honoured to have a macaroni cheese named after me’
The broadcaster and author on her passion for pigs and getting to grips with Nigella’s desserts
Lahpet, London WC2: ‘Now officially one of my safe places’ – restaurant review
The glorious Burmese tea-leaf salad is the colour of Fozzie Bear and army-surplus combat pants
A local’s guide to Arrecife, Lanzarote: volcanoes, sunsets and seafood
Hotelier María Álava guides us around her home town, with its cool shops and seaside restaurants, and the volcanic crater at the heart of the island
Double Dragon, London: ‘A great night out’ – restaurant review
Dramatic flavours and look-at-me food will wake the polite ghosts at a grand old restaurant haunt, writes Jay Rayner
Cédric Grolet at the Berkeley, London W1: ‘Spiking the blood sugar levels of Europe’ – restaurant review
A Frenchman wading into Britain’s fractious ‘jam or cream first?’ scone debate is either foolhardy or admirable
A local’s guide to Angoulême, France’s cobbled-streeted comic book capital
Film-maker Isabelle Fougère on the best restaurants, festivals, murals and waterfronts in this artistic French town
The Heathcock, Cardiff: ‘Identifies the good things, does them well’ – restaurant review
Dining in Cardiff has been reformed, as an exceptional lunch at the Heathcock demonstrates. By Jay Rayner
A beloved New York restaurant becomes place of unity for Ukraine
Veselka, a restaurant raved about by celebrities and food critics alike, has become a meeting place and fundraising operation
Fletchers at Grantley Hall, Ripon: ‘Confused and asphyxiatingly expensive’ – restaurant review
It’s lavish and pricey, but when you get to pudding Fletchers finally hits the bullseye
How vermouth got cool (after being naff, kitsch and then retro…)
The infusion of botanicals makes this the perfect post-gin boom drink – and there are some great small-batch producers to choose from
Lopè Ariyo’s secret ingredient: uda pods
The cookery writer on the musky spice her grandmother brings her from Nigeria, and how she uses it in her scotch bonnet jam
50 things we love in the world of food right now
Miso spaghetti and chorizo sausage rolls, Colombian brunch and a little restaurant in Venice, oysters from Somerset and filo pastries on Instagram: presenting Observer Food Monthly’s food favourites for 2022
Beckford Bottle Shop, Bath: ‘Somewhere to quiet all the bad thoughts’ – restaurant review
Ever imagine living another life? It’s all too easy when you take refuge in Bath’s Beckford Bottle Shop
Stacey Dooley: ‘I am now middle class. I can’t deny it. I never used to eat olives’
The broadcaster on her childhood diet of Peperami, Pot Noodle and Pop-Tarts, eating Hobnobs for Strictly – and being useless in the kitchen