The great Christmas 2016 taste test
Observer Food Monthly’s cast of Dickensian players feast on the high street’s cakes, cheese and chocolates. Which are the best buys? And did anyone ask for more?
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Frozen in time: Salvador Dalí’s dinner parties, Paris, 1973
The artist’s foray into food and cookery was just as surreal as his paintings, as his recently republished book Les Dîners de Gala illustrates
OFM Awards 2016 best place to drink: Bar Termini
Come to Soho’s Bar Termini – voted Best Place to Drink by OFM readers – for the perfect £1 espressos, stay for the brilliant house negronis
The 20 best wines for summer
What’s the perfect white or rosé to go with grilled fish? Where can you get a bargain red or fizz for the barbecue? Observer Food Monthly guides you through the season
Arianna Huffington: ‘No one should have phones on the table at a meal’
The co-founder of the Huffington Post on her Greek mother’s cooking and modern eating etiquette
Cumbrian sheep, Veronese pasta – the protection of food culture can go too far
The mayor of Verona has banned new restaurants selling mostly ‘ethnic’ food – but surely the city’s pasta joints can hold their own against kebabs?