What do they serve up on diplomatic plates?
Exclusive insider info from the top tables at grand embassies
Five literary ballets to book ahead for
From a graceful Jane Eyre to dancing musketeers
The most delicious moments in literature
Laura Freeman, author of The Reading Cure, picks out her favourite examples of mouth-watering writing
Towering Tokyo draws your gaze endlessly upwards
The 38-storey Aman Tokyo is the perfect base from which to explore this stunning city’s high life
Juicing? You’re just drinking sugar
Do you juice? Do you start your day with the roar of a Vitamix, the howl of a Nutribullet, the…
John Broadley’s drawings serve up a taste of saucy old Soho
The illustrations for Quo Vadis conjure the glory days of life just outside its doors
Pasta is the solution to the vegetable crisis
The veg crisis is the perfect opportunity to ditch the courgetti and fall back in love with proper pasta
How I discovered the fine art of foraging
The Edible City: A Year of Wild Food is the foodie book of the year
Donald Trump’s presidency will be fuelled by junk food
As he showed on the campaign trail, the president-elect favours KFC over haute cuisine
The Pumpkin Spice Latte is an insult to a noble fruit
Starbucks’ seasonal special is a Halloween horror
For the ultimate posh picnic, the sky’s the limit
Silver napkin rings £350, basket with bike attached £33,659… or come back down to earth with classy tin plates for £5.95
Forget the Atkins diet — try the beef and brandy weight loss plan
Before Atkins, before Dukan, before the 5:2 diet so effectively followed by George Osborne, there was Banting. William Banting, a…
The power of napping… how a daytime doze can boost memory and beat pain
Some of our greatest statesman, philosophers, writers and artists were habitual nappers
It’s so sad the way they spoiled Selfridges
In my childhood it was a place of enchantment. Today it’s just another garish shopping mall
Scary dairy and silly moos
On the shelves of Whole Foods, a vast and vastly expensive American supermarket in west London, you will find 14…