As summer fades and our social and dining habits adapt to the cooling weather, so, too, should the white wine we drink. Here are some options best-suited to the season

Mina Holland3d ago

SOS meals – the food to cook for friends that shows you care

After the death of my beloved dog, I’m thinking a lot about the role food plays in big life events – be they happy or sad

Felicity Cloake3d ago

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cheese and bread balls

These highly crunchable cheesy bread balls are a great way to use up odds and ends

Rachel Roddy4d ago

Tom Hunt’s recipe for fridge-raid minestrone, UK-style

A creative way to use up the bits you already have around, all while getting in a healthy mixture of vegetables and whole grains

Tom Hunt4d ago

Roast chicken, congee and cookies: Ravinder Bhogal’s autumn squash recipes

Nutty in flavour and creamy in texture, autumn’s bounty of squash and pumpkin has many uses, both sweet and savoury

Ravinder Bhogal5d ago

How to maximise the umami in mushrooms

Whether you sizzle, sweat, wet-fry or oven-cook, enhancing the savoury flavour of your mushrooms will depend on the variety, says our panel of fun guys

Anna Berrill5d ago

Jose Pizarro’s recipe for poached pear and almond tart with PX caramel

This tart uses the richness of red vermut to bring together the sweet and the nutty for a flavour explosion

José Pizarro6d ago

RSPCA NSW director quits over welfare standards for RSPCA-branded chicken

Mark Steele says he is ‘ashamed to be associated’ with the RSPCA Certified scheme, which badges 97% of chicken sold in Australia

Nick Visser6d ago

The butter boom – how the world fell back in love with the glorious golden spread

It’s being sculpted for fashion parties, collected by tourists and hoarded in freezers. There are even entire shops devoted to it. What’s behind the revival of the much-maligned foodstuff?

Morwenna Ferrier6d ago

Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for corn gado gado

A great way to pack in your vegetables, while adding pops of colour to your rotation of meals

Georgina Hayden6d ago

How to make the perfect zuppa di cozze – recipe

A tomatoey, southern Italian alternative to moules marinière – but who makes the definitive version?

Felicity Cloake4 Oct

Dante Mayfair, Claridge’s, London W1: ‘Are chips ever worth £11? Probably not’ – restaurant review

The whole point of going to Claridge’s in the first place is to sweep in through the grand main hotel entrance

Grace Dent4 Oct

Nitrite-free bacon sales boom in UK amid fears over curing chemicals

Shoppers are switching from traditional product despite little evidence alternative is safer

Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent3 Oct

Henry Harris’s recipe for vegetarian endive au gratin

A worthy, meat-free version of the best comfort dish ever, this French classic is best served with a chilled red and a crisp salad

Henry Harris3 Oct

A vodkatini, a garibaldi and a shrub – your essential autumn cocktails – recipes

Try a millionaire’s martini, a Campari that couldn’t be simpler and a booze-free blackberry fizz (plus an Aperol that doesn’t need a spritz)

Mina Holland2 Oct

The simple secrets behind great ramen

It’s the toppings that make it really special. Here are five versions, from a Toyko classic to a new Cardiff cult hit

James Chant2 Oct

Gordon Ramsay’s UK restaurants stay in red despite sales topping £100m

Group says trading was helped by airing of Netflix documentary and opening of its 100th outlet

Sarah Butler2 Oct