Food & drink

Ants in your pans – can I get the bug for eating insects?

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Justin Timberlake launched his new album with the help of gastronomy’s most notable ant man, René Redzepi. But following in JT’s footsteps took me back to being a four-year-old

Picasso’s ‘Annabel’ – the rights and wrongs of renaming paintings

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Richard Caring – owner of Annabel’s – has decided to retitle the artist’s Girl with a Red Beret and Pompom after his Mayfair club. It’s an arrogant move, but we shouldn’t be religious about the names we pin on art

How low can you go? Our pick of the best low-alcohol wines

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Whether you’re doing dry January, or just trying to cut down, there are less boozy alternatives are out there

The 20 best food books from 2001-2017

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To mark 200 issues of Observer Food Monthly, we pick the most significant books published in the years since the magazine launched

‘Don’t they sell tyres?’: Thai street food chef on life with a Michelin star

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Jay Fai’s shophouse is doing a roaring trade as tourists arrive to snap photos and wait half a day for a table