Food & Drink / Features
A right Royal knees up! 6 key tips for planning the perfect Platinum Jubilee party
Celebrate in style with fabulous food, decorations and entertainment. It’s not often we’re gifted an extra long weekend, but that’s what’s happening this year, with a Bank Holiday added on Friday June 3rd to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Plus, the usual late May...
Strawberry fields forever: Six amazing health benefits of eating strawberries and their tops
It’s difficult to resist a perfectly ripe strawberry, isn’t it? In fact, they’re one of the most popular berry fruits in the world - but did you know it’s not just the sweet red part that’s good for us? Atop each juicy strawberry is a leafy top, called the calyx. Each...
‘It hugs your soul!’ 9 dishes to get you fighting fit after an illness, from ramen noodles to spicy tom yum soup
Whether you’re getting over Covid, or just a nasty cold, these comforting recipes from top chefs will lift your spirits. When you are feeling under the weather, eating good, nutritious food can make all the difference. Simple, comforting dishes, such as soup, are a...
The inn crowd: 9 of the UK’s best renovated foodie pubs with rooms
With spruced-up interiors and innovative menus, these revamped country inns tick all the boxes for cosiness and culinary class. St Tudy Inn, Cornwall The 17th-century St Tudy Inn, in the village of the same name west of Bodmin moor, is under new management and has...
‘I’m following a dream – giving people my soul food’: The global restaurants bringing life to British streets
These 14 small venues - all run or founded by immigrants to Britain - are part of the fabric of the nation’s high streets. But after two hellish years, can they survive? North African: Los Moros, YorkTarik Abdeladim, 51 “When I started out, getting harisssa in York...
Already low on energy? 9 healthy snacks to power you through January
When you’re tired, it’s tempting to reach for the nearest sugary snack to deliver a quick burst of energy. Particularly in January, when the days seem to drag on forever and there’s all that leftover Christmas chocolate lying around. But you just know you’re going to...
Fungi: The earth’s secret miracle worker that protects our climate
Fungi: The earth’s secret miracle worker that protects our climate Let’s picture a dinner with family or friends that began by enjoying beer, wine, fruit juice or maybe a fizzy kombucha beverage. You’re contemplating a glorious basket of bread, rapt in awe of its...
‘Truffle Hound’: Truffles are the most expensive food in the world -here’s how to find them and where they are in the UK
The tiniest spot of what looks like a buried egg peers out of the ground. When I lean down, scents of garlic and salami joyously greet my nostrils… It is the white truffle - the world’s most prized food. In the orange light of a Mediterranean sunrise, I find myself...
Taste of the town: 11 destinations that every foodie should visit in the UK and Ireland
If there are two things we tend to be pretty good at, it’s eating and drinking. And luckily, we’ve become spoiled for choice as different regions have worked hard to make their mark on the foodie map. To celebrate all of the great cooking talent that our nation has to...
Perfect Pubs: 40 of the best UK country pubs for food
From farm-to-table suppers in Wiltshire to Sunday roasts in Devon, these pubs provide the perfect backdrop for long lazy lunches celebrating the last days of summer. Hare and Hounds, Bath Expect legendary roasts, 10-mile views and cool interiors at this beautifully...
Let’s cook! 9 of the UK’s best cooking classes
Whether you consider yourself a dab hand in the kitchen or you rarely make anything more complex than beans on toast, everyone can benefit from attending a cooking class. Cooking is just as relaxing as it is rewarding - and now that we’re able to see friends and...
Our love affair with ice cream – but where did it all begin?
Soft scoop, hard scoop, in a cone, with a flake, in the shape of a Knickerbocker Glory or even as a layered Vienetta, ice cream has had its place in British life going back generations. In all its many variants, ice cream forms the base of some of our fondest...