The 20 best recipes for the weekend
Green shakshuka, roast lamb with anchovies, or a salted caramel tart – all the recipes you need for a Saturday brunch, a quiet Sunday breakfast or a smart weekend dinner
Erst, Manchester: ‘One of the best meals of the year’ – restaurant review
The short menu at this unshowy restaurant means just one thing: we order the whole lot. By Jay Rayner
Sessions Arts Club, London EC1: ‘Decadent and sexy’ – restaurant review
‘It’s all hugely convivial, like a time before any of the Bad Things happened’
John Cooper Clarke: ‘There’s three food groups I draw the line at – flapjack, falafel and tripe’
The poet relates tales of his childhood, run-ins with Bernard Manning – and explains why he wishes Ken Loach would lighten up
Food, faith and family: how we feed our son his rich mixed heritage
I’m a Bangladeshi Muslim. My husband is an Ashkenazi Jew. And our baby son? He’ll eat chicken soup and chicken curry…
‘Table for one? Yes, please’ – the joy of eating alone
More of us are cooking or eating solo – it’s time to break free from the stigma of dining alone
Tofu Vegan, London: ‘Bring on the big hitters’ – restaurant review
With fresh, vibrant flavours at every turn, even old-school carnivores will be happy at Tofu Vegan, says Jay Rayner
Ainsley Harriott’s secret ingredient: allspice
The chef and broadcaster on his mum’s versatile kitchen favourite
Vick Hope: ‘At Cambridge, I came through like Nigella just because I could make noodles’
The Radio 1 presenter on student food, fighting with her brothers over fish eyes and her mum’s lockdown Nigerian food Zoom classes
Forgotten how to have a dinner party? Here are three rules to ease you back in
Step one: don’t try out a new recipe…
The Compasses Inn, Crundale, Kent: ‘Wherever they go, I will follow’ – restaurant review
‘In a shady corner of this pub, some sanity was restored to 2021’
Bechamel is the classic recipe I can never get right
Everyone has a dish that defeats them – no matter how often they try to make it
Gay Hussar art: grandees who struck a pose for a free lunch
Cartoonist Martin Rowson captured the giants of Westminster as they dined in the famous London restaurant. Now the 63 sketches that once adorned its walls are heading to the National Portrait Gallery
The Pigs, Norfolk: ‘Lives up to its name’ – restaurant review
If you like all things piggy, then you will feel right at home here, says Jay Rayner
Marugame Udon, London E1: ‘It’s a bit Wagamama meets Ikea cafe’ – restaurant review
‘The tempura egg has become one of my feelgood hits of 2021’