Illustration showing how global warming affects wines ©Ingram Pinn Jancis Robinson May 17, 2013

Jancis Robinson: Haute stuff

How climate change is transforming reality – and reputations – in the Hautes Côtes, an area once shunned by fine wine lovers

On the menu

Wells & Young’s brewery in Bedford, England
Complex and delicious, long-lost beers have flavours from coffee to liquorice
– Will Hawkes
Tables at the Sea Sens restaurant
Never mind the films: for people-watching, a table at one of these in mid-May takes some beating …
– Rosa Jackson
Bill Oglethorpe and an assistant drain off the whey ©Jason Lowe May 17, 2013

Hard craft

It requires patience, strong arms and very early starts but as producers are discovering, demand for handmade British cheeses has never been greater

Risotto primavera ©Andy Sewell Rowley Leigh from RECIPES May 17, 2013

Rowley Leigh: risotto primavera

A riot of vibrant colour that encapsulates, as Botticelli’s painting of the same name does, the vibrancy of spring

Saxelby Cheesemongers ©C. Bay Milin May 17, 2013

Five of the best: New York cheese shops

What makes a place good, as much as the selection, is the guidance you get from behind the counter…

Illustration showing diners applauding the service of a waiter ©Richard Allen May 17, 2013

Service, please

Remember when waiters did more than, well, wait? Tim Hayward on the joys of having a crêpe flambéd at your table…

restaurant reviews
Gustu, financed by Noma co-founder Claus Meyer (below) ©Reuters/David Mercado Nicholas Lander from RESTAURANTS May 17, 2013

Nicholas Lander: Gustu, Bolivia

Claus Meyer, co-founder of Noma, is bringing his famed restaurant’s principles to the Andes

The open kitchen at Brooks Nicholas Lander from RESTAURANTS May 10, 2013

Nicholas Lander: Brooks, Melbourne

A Frenchman and an Englishman are at the heart of a successful venture in Australia

The newly opened Brasserie Chavot Nicholas Lander from RESTAURANTS May 3, 2013

Nicholas Lander: Mayfair, London

The area is a Mecca for restaurateurs as it attracts a constant flow of well-heeled customers

Les Climats' bar ©Christine Tamalet Nicholas Lander from RESTAURANTS Apr 26, 2013

Nicholas Lander: La Table des Anges, Les Climats

Two restaurants that are the happy confluence of determined owners and talented chefs

The bar adds to Balthazar's Parisian demeanour Nicholas Lander Apr 19, 2013

Balthazar, London

The French-style brasserie that has been a Manhattan fixture since 1997 comes to London