Pentonbridge Inn, Penton, Cumbria: ‘The sort of food that makes me giddy’ – restaurant review

Why are more people not extolling this chef’s genius? And where are his Michelin stars?

Fork, Lewes, East Sussex: ‘The sort of place I dearly want to succeed’ – restaurant review

A small, neighbourhood restaurant with a heart that is bursting with ambition

Wales’s foodie renaissance: on the trail of an extraordinary national cuisine

There’s more to the food of Wales than laverbread and cockles, great though they are. These four hiking and driving tours savour its broad range

Solstice, Newcastle upon Tyne: ‘Theatre, pacing, exquisite detail’ – restaurant review

There will always be a place for this kind of cooking, because it is special food for the most special of special occasions

The Baring, London N1: ‘A benchmark of where pub dining is heading’ – restaurant review

Not all gastropubs are the same. This is an exceedingly good restaurant

Updown, Kent: ‘They make you lunch and sell you a fantasy’ – restaurant review

One of those places that shows how life could be – classy but understated

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

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

I love an afternoon tea that incapacitates

All together now: six brilliant recipes for meals to share with family and friends

Gobi tamatar, beetroot-marinated salmon, pork chops with rhubarb – perfect dishes to make when there’s more than four of you around the table

Tallow, Tunbridge Wells, Kent: ‘This is my kind of fine dining’ – restaurant review

It’s get-in-the-car-and-go good

Cafe 52, Aberdeen: ‘The owner doesn’t like Guardian readers’ – restaurant review

‘This charming bistro has survived for more than 25 years without the likes of me’

Booking Office 1869: ‘The style is Phileas Fogg Acid-Safari chic’ – restaurant review

‘Until now, I’ve never been truly excited by the food offering at St Pancras station. We’re not at the Delice de France kiosk any more’

Renaissant, Bagnor, Berkshire: ‘A paean to butter and time spent huddled over pans’ – restaurant review

‘The place dances a fine line between the almost-too-rich and the almost-too-much’

The Victoria, Oxshott, Surrey: ‘A proper trousers sort of place’ – restaurant review

‘There’s a fish and chips main course option at £19, feasibly to stop the locals from rioting, but then prices hurtle upwards rather dramatically’