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Party pieces
Slices of spiced beef or smoked salmon are acceptable Christmas party food, but with it being winter, it is also a good idea to offer something hot, suggests Rowley Leigh
Not-so-little Italy
Nicholas Lander dines at recently opened and likely-to-succeed Maialino, Locanda Verde and Marea, and takes exception at the latter’s acoustics which he thinks are the best
Christmas gift guide: Food
Delicious Christmas gifts for serious gourmets
Best of the reds
Web extra: Jancis Robinson lists 75 top reds for festive drinking, including the exceptional 2007 Rhônes
The Galvins’ new offering
A research trip through France provided the inspiration for La Chapelle’s name and the wood-burning oven in Café de Luxe, writes Nicholas Lander
Pudding at its peak
Mont Blanc is often made as a cake and served as a free-standing dessert. Adding meringue or ice cream is optional, but Rowley Leigh deems chestnut purée a must
White Christmas
Web extra: Jancis Robinson presents the first in a series of seasonal wine guides: an extended selection of 75 divine whites
In search of traditional Japanese tofu
Near the Old Imperial Palace in central Kyoto the Iriyama family has been upholding the family tradition, making what is known as the finest tofu since the first half of the 19th century
British restaurateurs in New York
Nicholas Lander visits Monkey Bar in the Elysée Hotel and Le Caprice at the Pierre Hotel and learns that cultural differences are just under the surface
The drawing power of a US burger chain
With its high calibre of ingredients and fanatical quality control, northern Virgina-based Five Guys has earned for itself an endorsement from no less than the American president





