Food
How to drink port without the storm
There is nothing more agreeable than a glass or two of fine vintage port at Christmas. As long as it agrees with us!
Creeping mediocrity
A dismal lunch at a chain restaurant woefully short of theatreland glamour
Mugged by a mud-caked spud
Farmers’ markets are a rip-off aimed at food snobs and posturing fools with more money than sense
What the Russians may be eating in Tbilisi
Georgian cuisine is a rose with few thorns
Anyone for Woolton pie?
Enduring a taste of the Blitz spirit at a chain restaurant with no butter, no jam and few staff
The comeback Pig
A country pub where the cooking extracts the maximum amount of flavour
The food bank of Threadneedle Street
Andrew Bailey and the art of apocalypse banking
Singing Shane’s praises
A man with an appetite for victory, and everything else too
Crepuscular perfection
There’s a new Tuscan restaurant in town — and it’s a success
Bring home the bacon
The humble bacon sandwich is the only possible choice for breakfast