The food-time continuum
Waiting for your food to arrive is a bittersweet moment of endurance and patience – until it takes too long.
The selfish diner
While restaurant recommendations nowadays come thick and fast, being deliberately denied that information is almost anti-food, writes Charlie Penn.
The great divide
Successful divisions at the dining table do happen – just look at breaking bread and splitting dessert. But that rule fails once you get to the bill.
Food for first dates
Restaurants and cinemas are among the most popular choices for a first date. But who wins in the fight between noisy snacking versus plates and napkins?
The sidewalk review: too dismissy
Window shopping for restaurants is evolving into a language that reflects new needs, tastes and timeframes.
Street food: The awkward eater’s guide
Is there anything more slovenly than the public digestion of street food?
Sex, drugs and a pulled pork roll
Traders are moving from the street to the field and bringing change to festival food. But what's it really like to serve quality food to 65,000 partying punters?
A hair out of place
Is finding hair in your food an acceptably gut-wrenching experience, or is hysteria just a plain overreaction?