Food

Gerald Frost reviews Nourishing the Nation: Food as National Identity by Venetia Johannes

Jamie Blackett discovers the more meat the better in Charlie Spedding’s book: Stop Feeding Us Lies

Lisa Hilton finds a French-inspired retreat for flagging flâneurs in Shepherd’s Bush

Abjure fasting for good deeds, says Felipe Fernández- Armesto

Lisa Hilton is influenced by a Booker Prize shortlisted novel as she samples gastropub grub

Improvise in the kitchen, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Christopher Pincher on the warming tones and redcurrant taste of Pernand-Vergelesses Les Fichots

Parliamentary authorities are driving the social justice agenda all by themselves

Lisa Hilton sees Venice disappear beneath the flood waters again and fears for the future

Ignore all those food fads, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto