Technology
A perry respectable alternative to wine – in praise of pear cider
Beyond Babycham there is a whole cottage industry of small-batch fine perries that are surprisingly perfect for pairing...
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The best dishes to come out of a roasting tin
Baked pasta, gnocchi, chicken, meatballs and greens perfectly served straight from the oven
Lifestyle
Heart-meltingly good: the best cooking chocolate to buy
Those cookies and cakes will only be as tasty as the chocolate you use in their baking. Here are my favourites
Technology
The ‘elixir of long life’: how the elusive Chartreuse quietly became the trendiest drink around
With its garish ‘grellow’ colour, mythological origins, secret recipe and limited supplies, the herbal liqueur made by F...
Lifestyle
‘I cannot hear “stuffed vegetables” without flashbacks’
It has taken me decades to get over the vegetarian cookbooks of my past
Lifestyle
The lure of the loo: how restaurant bathroom design went wild
Restaurants are giving their bathrooms a makeover: plush or pared back, flatteringly lit or full-on disco camp, a TikTok...
Lifestyle
Do any coffee-flavoured drinks come close to the real thing?
Our drinks columnist – a UK coffee lover – explore the world of canned lattes and flavoured protein drinks
Technology
McDonald’s to take on KFC and rivals as Gen Z flock to fried chicken
Fast food giant aiming to increase share of global chicken market as rising cost of beef hits profits
Technology
‘Don’t spend $20 on an acai bowl’: gen Z are shunning private equity’s restaurant takeover
As more PE firms invest in food establishments, people are bemoaning the ‘same-ification’ of NYC’s restaurant scene
Lifestyle
‘We broke the rules:’ why chef Ferran Adrià is the subject of new TV drama
Six-part drama Gènesi tells the story of Adrià’s Catalan restaurant El Bulli from the day he arrived as a kitchen hand
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Hungry for connection? This is what we lose when we stop eating together
Mealtimes offer a pause in the day for parents and children to sit together, listen to one another and trade stories
Education
A crash course in life skills for students
Brief letters: Cooking lessons | Resident chef | Instant mash | Location tracking | Despairing of humanity