How we all fell for Simon Hopkinson’s lovely tale of roast chicken

Simon Hopkinson’s much-loved book of French dishes is about cooking – and many other stories

The vivid flavours of Sichuan, with Fuchsia Dunlop as our guide

Expert advice on this most intricate of regional Chinese cooking traditions. By Jay Rayner

A taste of home: Claudia Roden’s majestic Book of Jewish Food

It took 16 years to write and is more an ‘encyclopaedia of Jewish life’ than cookbook, says Jay Rayner

Give me Rick Stein on TV and a menu of achievable dreams

‘Rick Stein is the king of wholesome television. And perhaps, like me, that’s all you can handle right now’

‘An instinct to feed’ – New British Classics by Gary Rhodes

In the first of a series thumbing through his most-beloved cookery books, Jay feasts like it’s 1999

Imaginary gin and fictitious chips got me through Friday

‘During this more gruelling, seemingly endless lockdown, I am forcing myself daily to notice each minor moment of joy, ones I took for granted in the old world’

Spicy yoghurt soup, comforting rice and dal – Gujarati vegetarian recipes to cook every day

Family tradition is at the heart of chef Urvesh Parvais’s brilliant recipes

How do food trends happen – and what will we be eating in 2021?

Food fanatics used to obsess over kimchi – and this year it might be teff or guanciale. Brand consultants, market analysts and chefs explain how a product gets to be cool

Marcus Rashford: the making of a food superhero

Coaches, charity workers – and the footballer himself – reveal what drives the man who twice tackled Boris Johnson on child hunger and won

Berenjak and Pizarro: ‘It tastes of somewhere else’ – two meal kit reviews

Two excellent meal kit delivery services will help transport you elsewhere… if only for dinner

Chef Sat Bains: ‘I doodle dishes. I dream about dishes all the time’

The Michelin-starred chef on the art of food and the smells of home – spinach and boot polish

My new lockdown survival tip? Food, food and more food

Whether it’s fish fingers or a fancy restaurant chicken salad, what we eat can help us through hard times

Sweet treats are abbreviating these long, cooped-up January days

‘Each day, I promise myself: “Less sugar, fewer carbohydrates”, but I am yet to measure out mam’s morphine at 2am and then crave a rocket salad with an oil-free dressing’

Yes, I’m a food writer – and that qualifies me to write about everything

Health, schools, overseas aid… food is integral to them all. So I’ll carry on having opinions about anything I choose

The Garden at Corinthia, London: ‘The food is good, the pricing brutal’ – restaurant review

This Alpine-inspired courtyard takes prices and luxurious eating to new heights – and without the skiing, says Jay Rayner