Feature Published 17 April 2025
To eat: Bold Bean Co's recipe for puttanesca
Purists look away. This healthy twist on a classic puttanesca swaps pasta for legumes, giving you the perfect light meal for spring.
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Feature Published 17 April 2025
Inspector inspiration: Europe’s restaurants to write home about
Do you find yourself planning holidays around good food? Our inspectors certainly do. As a well-travelled bunch, we’ve asked them to share some of their favourite spots around Europe. From institutions to backstreet gems, the simple to the spectacular, these are the restaurants not to miss on your travels.
Feature Published 17 April 2025
To eat: Adam Smith's recipe for new season asparagus
With the arrival of asparagus season, Woven head chef Adam Smith shares his recipe to elevate the spring vegetable in its prime.
Feature Published 11 April 2025
On the inspector's plate: cholesterol confessions
What does it say, that in the company of a certain type of ruddy-faced, round-bellied gourmand of the old school, I would sooner admit to taste for ortolan, whale sashimi, and shark fin soup, than reveal my shameful secret: I like healthy food. In foodie circles, it’s a badge of honour to overdo it. Watch us order the fattiest ...
Feature Published 07 April 2025
A first look at Kynd: small farms, big flavours at Hampton Manor
‘Small farms, big flavours, brave stories’ goes the blurb. And really that’s all you need to know about Kynd (pronounced ‘kind’), the latest addition to the Hampton Manor estate near Solihull.
Feature Published 04 April 2025
On the inspector's plate: in praise of the bland
I was once told by a Chinese food expert that the key to ordering a successful Chinese meal was to balance the yin and the yang: the soft and the crunchy; the fiery and the soothing; the salty and the unsalted. The process can take a fair while for novices to master when presented with a menu as long as ...
Feature Published 04 April 2025
To eat: Elly Wentworth's recipe for an apricot, honey and chamomile pre-dessert
Ahead of her evening at the next Claridge’s Supper Series, The Angel’s Elly Wentworth gives us a sneak preview of her pre-dessert course with this recipe from her book The Angel. You can book a ticket for the Claridge’s dinner here. This little pre dessert delivers a burst full of flavour. The toasted honey and chamomile work very well ...
Feature Published 04 April 2025
To drink: Stray's recipe for a Mizuwari cocktail
One of Manchester’s coolest cocktail bars, Stray, shares their recipe for a Mizawuri cocktail made with Japanese whisky, as well as two staple solutions to add to your at home bar.
Feature Published 27 March 2025
To eat: Longstraw Bakery's recipe for wholemeal chocolate chip cookies
Working directly with Somerset farmers through the South West Grain network, James Cartwright and Frederica Bullough have been serving up the model of an accessible, sustainable food system alongside their delicious bakes since 2022. Here is their chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Feature Published 21 March 2025
Unreserved: Want to recapture the ‘lockdown spirit’? Get to your best local restaurant, says Jimi Famurewa
Most restaurant critics will be familiar with the profession’s equivalent of a bat-signal. I do not mean this in the literal sense of a spot-lit logo in the night sky. No, I am talking about the digital message flares that those of us in the professional gluttony game soon grow accustomed to receiving: an unsolicited tip-off about an under-the-radar ...
