The most important ingredient in a meal – time
The world might be speeding up but time taken over food and drink – from dry-aged meat to meticulously brewed coffee – yields more than deliciousness
Observer Food Monthly recipes & features
Taste test: which Easter eggs and hot cross buns should you buy?
From chocolate bunnies to luxury eggs, high street Easter treats tasted and rated by Ottolenghi’s Helen Goh
The 20 best food books from 2001-2017
To mark 200 issues of Observer Food Monthly, we pick the most significant books published in the years since the magazine launched
The best thing I ate in 2017
From Jamie Oliver to Nadiya Hussain, a star cast select their highlights of the year: roast pork in Tahiti, poached brain in Paris, crisps in Cambridgeshire …
The 50 best Christmas wines for 2017
Observer Food Monthly’s selection of the best bottles from high street bargains to the top of the range
50 best summer wines for 2017
Drinks for a barbecue, a posh dinner – or just something to uncork on a lazy sunny afternoon? Here are the perfect choices for every budget