Table Talk

Crake and ales

Patrick Galbraith hears a rare bird but fails with the rod

The Piedmontese job

Enjoying the silky and lean Italian Fassona beef in Turin and Kensington

Pick of the bunch

Garden flowers are for posies

After the goldrush

Hannah Betts finds a way to live with her pet hate — denim jeans

Chips with everything

There is a way to serve pasta and potatoes — with garlic

Cool enough for Cary

Christopher Pincher offers some simple rules to stick to for cocktail-drinking

Carry on camping

Packing Claudia the darlings off for “improving” summer activities

Party political

Claudia Savage-Gore loses sleep plotting a stealth-lavish birthday party

Disdain on a plate

Enduring pale, greasy salmon in the spiritual home of the trout pout

Heaven and hell

Celebrate the return of normal life, but choose your guests with care