Jason Atherton: a 21st-century cook’s tour of the east
As a boy, Jason Atherton sold donkey rides on Skegness beach. Now he runs a global empire with restaurants in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. Tim Adams tries to keep up
Little Social’s steak tartare recipe
Try a dish from one of Jason Atherton's new London restaurants, Little Social, which opened earlier this year across the road from the original Pollen Street Social in Mayfair
Florence Knight, cooking’s new golden girl
Head chef at Polpo, about to publish her first book – at 26, Florence Knight is the next big thing. She owes it all, she says, to her late father. Interview by Tim Lewis
Bruno Loubet and the way of the vegetable
The French chef's new restaurant isn't vegetarian – but it does give veg more than equal billing. Interview by Jay Rayner
Simon Hopkinson: I drank Sarson’s vinegar from the bottle from a young age
Simon Hopkinson: The food writer and cook on life as an apprentice, his dad's cooking and his collection of mixers
The 20 best restaurants: part four
The final part of Jay Rayner's choice
The 20 best restaurants: part three
Marking 10 years of the Observer Food Monthly Awards, Jay Rayner picks the best restaurants of the past decade
The 20 best restaurants: part two
A celebration of the best British restaurants to mark the 10th Observer Food Monthly Awards, by Jay Rayner
The 20 best restaurants: part one
To mark 10 years of the Observer Food Monthly Awards, Jay Rayner picks the best restaurants of the past decade
Cook it Raw: ‘For chefs, it’s like free-falling into the unknown’
Eight of the world's finest chefs recall their experience of Cook it Raw. Interviews by Tim Lewis and Marie-Claude Lortie
Antonio Carluccio’s Piedmont: a region rich in food … and artisan chocolate
Italian cooking with a focus on traditional meat dishes, polenta, and fine pastries defines a region with Turin at its heart
Italian cuisine: the Amalfi Coast’s great fish, pasta – and views
The Amalfi Coast is super-popular, but one of the reasons for that is its fantastic food. And great fish, pasta or just coffee is all the better overlooking beautiful coast and sea, says Katie Caldesi
Angela Hartnett’s Emilia-Romagna: classic dishes, and a festival of porcini
Famed for its porcini mushrooms and full of small, fuss-free shops with restaurants, this northern Italian region is a place to gorge on amazing home-style cooking, says Angela Hartnett
Italian cuisine: a taste of Tuscany and Liguria’s regional dishes
Chef Valentina Harris shares the secrets of fabulous focaccia and lardo di Colonnata in an Italian region rich in family history