These are the cookbooks and food books that have most inspired me in 2024. And, yes, they make excellent Christmas presents.

My recommendations on where – and what – to eat and drink in Venice for a weekend break.

This once unassuming Greek village offers a glimpse at a way of life that’s becoming scarcer with each passing year – and great food, too.

Vineyards across the UK are gearing up for the 2024 grape harvest. Find out how you can take part.

This heritage crop is making a comeback, and it has more than just good taste in its favour.

This summer, RHS Wisley in Surrey is running a series of botanically themed after-hours supper clubs.

Part 1 of my pick of new cookbooks and food books from spring and summer 2024.

A handful of carefully chosen dishes tell the story of the disapora communities, past and present, of Sydney’s Chinatown.

Top places to eat and drink in Seminyak.

The Nottinghamshire-based school has been around since 2009, championing artisan food skills and the benefits of 'real food'. An...

Every year I think, Surely there can't be as many brilliant books published as there was last year – but every year I'm impressed by the...

Cold weather is not my thing, so when autumn rolls around, I generally try to head south, like a migrating bird, to try to make summer’s...

One whiff of ripe figs and I’m transported. I’m instantly in a place of long, late-summer afternoons filled with hazy heat, the sound of...

It’s June, and the flowers are running riot in London’s front gardens. Roses are shyly opening their velvety petals, brazenly scented...

A California-based journalist contacted me recently for quotes for a piece he was researching on the British food scene. “How much has...

Just five months ago, I was in Urla, on the Aegean Coast of Turkey. It was my second trip to the region in a year, so impressed was I...

On the personal news front, I'm pleased and proud to be a mentor for the University of the Arts London/London College of Communication's...

2022 was a brilliant year for cookbooks. In terms of quality, range, depth and sheer ‘interestingness’, there was so much talent out...

An update from me... I've recently joined the editorial team at Waitrose Food magazine. I'm incredibly excited to be part of a mag that...

This fine pie, ladies and gents, is called a kurnik. It’s a celebratory pie with roots in Russia and Ukraine, often served at weddings...