Restaurants
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Ramirez, who heads up Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, accused of racial slurs and offering Asian customers the worst cuts of meat in a lawsuit filed by former employees
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A selection of popular cinemagraphs used in the series Last Bites in the Guardian’s Cook section.
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It’s not just Olive Garden. Many restaurants save costs with a little sleight of hand
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Review Estela: restaurant review
A restaurant that hides its food under piles of greens is good enough for Barack Obama, but how about for Jay Rayner? -
Marina O’Loughlin: ‘The food that issues from the postage-stamp-sized kitchen is all pretty much faultless: not a beat is missed’
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Review Porky’s: restaurant review
Imagine running out of pork. Jay Rayner visits Porky’s to see if its Memphis-style BBQ can join his ‘strategic reserve’
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Marina O’Loughlin: ‘At night, it’s seductive and dreamy. During the day it’s chillier: as pale, precious and studied as Dita Von Teese’
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A modest Eritrean cafe in Woolwich recently shot to the top of TripAdvisor’s London rankings. Such listings are nonsense – but it is a fine place to eat, says Joe Warwick
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After you have admired its dreaming spires, where can you eat well for under £10? Tony Naylor updates his 2010 budget eats guide to Oxford, including the city’s new street food scene
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Beth Cullen Kerridge put her career as a sculptor on hold to support her husband’s struggle to become a Michelin-starred chef. Now the tables have turned. Interview by Tim Adams
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Heavy plates aside, the Nag’s Head makes light work of some English classics. Jay Rayner parks his horse and tucks in
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Marina O’Loughlin: ‘The new Quag’s is tricked out like a Busby Berkeley set – and the food’s retro, too’
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The woman who launched the US farmers market movement is in Australia to stir things up ahead of the G20, with supermarket monopolies, fancy chefs and school meals in her sights
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Conflict Kitchen, which serves cuisine from countries in conflict with US, at centre of row and questions over grant from Heinz Endowments
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Morocco’s third city will play host this winter to a talented chef/sommelier duo from the Paris Popup, who will add their own twist to traditional cuisine and ingredients
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Review Le Coq: restaurant review
The promise of really great roast chicken lures Jay to a new rotisserie. But will their version be as good as his own? By Jay Rayner -
Marina O’Loughlin: ‘The wood-fired grill is the star of the open kitchen, a knowingly peasant touch among all this expensive urbanity’
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Market Forces blog Prezzo agrees £304m private equity deal but a number of analysts say reject offer
Controlling Kaye family set to make £170m if deal to sell to US group TPG goes ahead -
We can’t get enough of pulled pork, from US-style barbecue joints to slow-cooked shoulder at home. But has the craze peaked with pulled pork ready meals and flavoured crisps? Katy Salter reports
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An outbreak of ramen restaurants in London has taken noodle broth to new heights. Jay Rayner samples some of the best
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The actress talks to Ralph Jones about Katie Mitchell’s Cherry Orchard, favourite restaurants, Paris Photo and sleazy comedy crime drama Inherent Vice
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Marina O’Loughlin: ‘It’s not pretty. Not pretty at all. But it’s wonderfully, heroically cheap’
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Jay Rayner: As a food critic, I know that people love the negative reviews and that it’s more fun to read and write about the bad meals than the good ones
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The comedian talks to Kathryn Bromwich about Patton Oswalt, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s films, out-there animations and the pleasures of Highgate Cemetery
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With its superb serving of gastronomic classics, Brasserie Gustave is a corner of France. Just a shame it’s so pricey, says Jay Rayner
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Marina O’Loughlin: ‘This might be the most absurd restaurant in the country. Is Jeff Koons cooking?’
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Emma Brockes: The whole point about this kind of food is that you’re not supposed to tart it up
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The south London neighbourhood is buzzing with new restaurants opening amid a host of established Asian favourites. As the community celebrates Diwali, local MP Sadiq Khan takes us on a foodie tour of this vibrant area
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Turin’s restaurants make the most of the diverse produce of the Piedmont region with fantastic homemade dishes from €5.50. We pick 10 to try
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All the winners from this year’s awards, from best food personality to best cookbook, photographed exclusively for Observer Food Monthly
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From its menu to its partnership with a microfinance charity, this Bristol cafe chain has ethics at its core, writes Campbell Stevenson
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‘I will give up when my liver gives out’ — after nearly 30 years of Michelin-starred success, chef Shaun Hill isn’t ready to quit the kitchen just yet. Interview by Jay Rayner
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Brett Graham is obsessive about pleasing his customers. And you’ve returned the compliment, writes Jay Rayner
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This Camberwell restaurant brings the flavours of north-west China – from lamb skewers to handmade noodles – to south London, at just £10 a head, writes Jay Rayner
Notebook Why Graham Norton’s national service is worth waiting for