Closure of iconic Cliff House ends a remarkable era of San Francisco’s history

The 157-year-old restaurant with breathtaking ocean views was known for its location on Lands End as ‘the place that draws you’

My weird year of eating out – and in

‘In March, when almost everything stopped, a reality set in that restaurants may never be quite the same again’

Head to Hackney for a cheerful vibe and top Chinese cooking, says Jay Rayner

‘Clever, finely judged, nicely eccentric cooking with a strong undercurrent of country-house living’

Vermouths, bitters, fruit liqueurs – retro mixers are just the thing for a festive cocktail

The Wild Swans author on China, London aand her indomitable mother

Observer Food Monthly’s choice of recipes, memoirs and great reads

From Covid-19 to Black Lives Matter and the storm around food inequality, it’s been a tumultuous year in hospitality. So what’s next?

Almond cinnamon cake, sage and onion twists, mulled wine tarte tatin – recipes inspired by the scents of the season

Ravinder Bhogal and Jay Rayner eat their way through the supermarkets’ mince pies, cheese, chocolates and more.

Home-delivered Afghan-Guyanese fusion barbecue is exactly what we all need right now, says Jay Rayner

Celebrations will be diminished for everyone by Covid this year: we need to focus on the things we’d love. Like lobster for two

The actor on his mum’s cheese sauce, homemade cocktails with his partner, and having dinner with Falstaff

‘Christmas 2020 will be a year of missing people and missing ingredients’

What to do with festive specials in the supermarket aisles? Probably leave well alone