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This showpiece dessert deserves its place at the centre of any table

Expansive culinary compendiums to elevate your festive spread

With its complex flavour and long Italian history, it’s no wonder the food world loves Fernet-Branca

St John at Fortnum & Mason opens for three weeks, securing your nose-to-tail fix while the restaurant’s Smithfield home is refitted

Christmas breeds excess and, while absolutely fine, sometimes it's good to take a moment

We know eating meat is bad for our health and the environment, but it remains the status quo and, in some cases, socially accepted if we happen to know the animals were taken care of before being killed. Eloise Hendy asks whether a new approach is even possible

The capital puts on a strong show, with 14 of the UK’s top 20 restaurants named in London

The hype is hot but the cooking is serious

There are few areas in the entire of the UK that betray the type of restaurant they house more than Farringdon. Home of the historic Smithfield Meat Market, you can expect food here to share a common theme: a focus on meat and butchery, and a consequential machismo – you’re…