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It’s full of Italian families, the interior hasn’t been touched since 1945 and the food is a work of art
Anyone can fry chicken, but these chefs have really thought it through. The result is perfection
This is challenging cooking, in the best way possible
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Boris Johnson’s promise to ‘restore’ them is nothing more than a cynical sleight of hand
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It’s not bland and neutral, it’s mustardy, vinegary and wonderful
This Hampshire restaurant is the kind of place I’d suggest you travel a great distance to enjoy
It shouldn’t be a shock that an important chef still loves to cook, but it’s pretty humbling to see
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The war in Ukraine could send the price of fish and chips soaring
Lisboeta is an audacious launch on sacred turf for iconoclast Nuno Mendes
What marks out a truly great chef in the kitchen is not their knives, but their spoons
It takes confidence, skill and humility to present food as simply as this
It’s not the hallucinogenic qualities of fungi that boggle the mind, but everything else about them
The glorious ruins of Smithfield meat market are home to these two stupendous eateries
Tom Kerridge’s Michelin-starred pub is shockingly expensive — which is just the way it should be
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