The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them

Killian Fox roamed the world to find the 50 best things to eat and the best places to eat them in, with a little help from professionals like Raymond Blanc, Michel Roux, Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray

100 easiest, fastest recipes. Ever

To celebrate our 100th issue, we asked top chefs, foodies and cookery writers for their all-time quickest and simplest summer dishes. By Rebecca Seal

Free lunch? Dream on

Does interviewing the world's top chefs mean you get fantastic meals? Not exactly, says Rachel Cooke

The cook who changed my life: Nigella Lawson on Anna del Conte

Apart from her mother, there is only one unsung cookery writer, says Nigella Lawson ...

My obsession with Bill …

Falling in love with a food writer and his cookbook can end in tears - and nothing for pudding, says Rachel Cooke

Chef’s test: breakfast staples

Tom Conran, owner of Tom's Deli, London, loved Waitrose baked beans but was disappointed by Tesco's free-range eggs. By Morwenna Ferrier

Why it’s cooler in the north

Jay Rayner meets the chef-proprietor of the latest destination restaurant for foodie pilgrims, the amazing Noma in Copenhagen

Gordon Ramsay off the menu as San Pellegrino’s best restaurants are chosen

Among foodies to receive gongs at San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant awards, one famous chef was absent

The world’s 50 best restaurants 2009, according to San Pellegrino

Spain's El Bulli beats Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant to top spot in international poll

Chefs reveal their favourite haunts

From Valentine Warner's favourite place in Maida Vale to Paul Merrett's love for Southall Market in London

Food awards 2009: you’ll have his guts for starters

Fergus Henderson, the chef who rewrote the British menu and put pigs' trotters on the supermarket shelves, wins our top award. By Jay Rayner

Food awards 2009: ‘This is the poshest award’

Thousands of you voted for him in our food awards. Polly Vernon meets Jamie Oliver

Michelin restaurant list leaked online

• 2009 awards revealed after security breached • Fergus Henderson's St John among 26 to get first star

I’ll take the soup, the fish, 7 mains and 3 puds

In the Noughties, no chef worth his stars offers less than six courses - and that's just for starters. Eva Wiseman on the rise and rise of the tasting menu

El Bulli: A day with Ferran Adrià

In this fascinating behind the scenes film, we view the world's greatest chef at work. And, err, Jay Rayner (apparently) at work ...