Food and wine
A whole day is dedicated to the construction (and destruction) of this meal
If you’re going to tackle one of Brazil’s most cherished dishes, you have to be hungry. Like, really hungry.
- by Ben Groundwater
To eat well in this Spanish region, you need to know four magic words
Every bar in Basque Country will have a dish it is most famous for, or most proud of, and there is no trick to divining what it is.
- by Ben Groundwater
Luxury ‘cave’ restaurant under one of the world’s busiest business districts
You have to work hard to create something different in the Tokyo culinary scene, like this luxury underground restaurant.
- by Ben Groundwater
Opinion
Paris
The humble French item that deserves its world heritage status
Now so many people are once again in Paris, I’d like to sing the praises of one of the things I love most about that city: bread.
- by Lee Tulloch
The medieval German town where every day is Oktoberfest
The beer cellars of Germany’s town halls are often the best place for unexpectedly convivial meals that will fill you for the rest of the day, if not two.
- by Brian Johnston
How to book a restaurant that’s impossible to get into
An entire months’ worth of reservations can be gobbled up in seconds. So how do you get into these places?
- by Ben Groundwater
This magnificent, but strange and heady dish, tells a story
There’s a reason bobotie is often considered the national dish of South Africa and it’s not just the taste.
- by Ben Groundwater
The spicy American dish that’s as pleasurable to eat as it is to say
Jambalaya’s name is a mystery, with some saying it’s based on the Provencal word “jambalaia”, meaning a mishmash.
- by Ben Groundwater
Is it OK to stock up for later from the hotel breakfast buffet?
Since buffets resumed post-COVID, travellers have been at a stalemate: is pilfering pastries and snacks in Ziploc bags a great travel hack, or just stealing?
- by Katherine Scott
There is only one problem with these beautiful boxed meals
A Japanese bento box is a thing of rare beauty, both aesthetically pleasing and gastronomically gorgeous. But the choice! The choice is crippling.
- by Ben Groundwater