Food

I freely admit my love of Pizza Express’ version of the powerful sauce, a bottle almost always in my fridge in salad season

The second coming of smash burgers is cause for celebration because thin and flash-fried is how burgers should be

The small town of Barga in Italy celebrates Burns night in its own way

Is there no land so remote nowadays that its cuisine can’t receive the descriptor ‘street’ and be flogged from a stall at lunchtime to British workers?

It is the utilitarian nature of crêpes, their accessibility and the fact they enjoy French ceremony that I adore

Le Clarence trades in Parisian fine dining in its purest, truest form in matters of service and personality

In Britain, to source fine tomatoes is a burden. It is a sad state of affairs and requires logistics and hefty spending

Wiener schnitzel, born in Vienna, has its own form, its own magic

It’s a very Anglo-European success, boasting a German founder, Dutch name and British customers

If doner meat thrust chaotically into fluffy bread is a surefire way to encourage sobriety in the UK, it is almost a religion in Berlin

The internet is wilfully and demonstrably fickle. What then for restaurants reliant on influencers?

An incendiary book that makes the case for meat-eating has opened up a new rift in an already divided nation

Three out of the top five restaurants in the world were Spanish this year. Why?

If the political food lens is switched on, the Labour leader is something of a masterchef

Why the fouée – soft, airy bread similar to pitta – hasn’t crossed the Channel is a mystery

Britain's restaurants could learn something from the casual establishments of Piedmont

Almost 2,000 restaurants went bust last year, but Rishi Sunak and co are apparently uninterested

Yotam Ottolenghi might be getting close to Jamie Oliver territory and that’s OK by me. He’s earned it

In Italy, one famous Neapolitan pizzaiolo is daring to change the city’s view of putting pineapple on pizza

To Liverpool, for lunch with a wonderful orator

Worrying stories about UPFs are everywhere. But the truth is more complex than the headlines suggest

It is sad and diminishing that our government is now effectively telling an important community it is no longer wanted

Convincing us to buy smaller versions of appliances we already own is one of capitalism’s big cons

Off the west coast of Norway lies an island luring countless tourists to its shores for its salmon

In Italy, food is political capital and Ferrero products are no exception

Pick up your pan, your spoon, your rice, and get stirring. Risotto is about to have a moment in Britain

Creamy carbonara? It’s time to accept the silliness

For all the failings of this country these past years, one industry that has improved, year after year, is restaurants

A smoked meat sandwich might not sound like much. But it is the summit of what a sandwich can be: utterly, buoyantly delicious, and wholly inclusive

An Indian mission to feed hungry British students makes for a bizarre reversal

As much as asparagus excites me – really it does – its increasingly early arrival is also a little unsettling

Red sauce Italian restaurants are fortifying examples of immigration, a sign that people moving from one country to another brings intrigue and joy