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  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    HTSI
    Jeremy King is reconquering London’s dining scene, one restaurant at a time

    The capital’s most fêted restaurateur is back. HTSI gets the first look

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    Jeremy King at his restaurant Arlington in London
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    HTSI
    What’s the secret to the perfect restaurant soundtrack?

    La Dolce Vita, The Rolling Stones B-sides, ’50s exotica jazz – and ‘no crazy solos on any instrument’

    A 16-piece accordion band plays an impromptu free concert for patrons at Stars restaurant in Los Angeles, 1990
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    HTSI
    The steamy renaissance of the pressure cooker

    Last hot in the 1970s, this retro bit of kit is pressing new buttons

    A woman consults a pressure-cooker cookbook in 1961
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    HTSIBig spring energy – an HTSI style special
    What do models really eat on set?

    Whether it’s loaded with vegan salads or KFC, the buffet is the behind-the-scenes star on every photoshoot

    Kate Moss backstage at a fashion show in Milan in 1995
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    HTSI
    What’s the secret to perfect ramen?

    The Japanese noodle dish has a cult following – here’s why

    Old-school shoyu ramen, from Tim Anderson’s Ramen Forever (Hardie Grant, £26)
  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    HTSI
    It ain’t over till it’s a leftover

    Now the big day’s done, the culinary fun can begin

    Anything Goes Brown Butter Frittata from Second Helpings by Sue Quinn
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    HTSI
    Maxim’s revisited

    Can ‘roi des restaurants’ Laurent de Gourcuff conjure culinary magic with his revamp of the legendary Parisian brasserie?

    Maxim’s restaurant in Paris
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    HTSI
    What’s your go-to comfort dish?

    Food that feels like a hug

    Emily Kydd’s “Monsieur & Madame” croques, from Seriously Good Toast (£14, Hardie Grant)
  • Monday, 4 December, 2023
    HTSIHow To Give It 2023
    How to bake a difference

    Never underestimate the transformative power of cake

    Baker Lily Jones of Lily Vanilli
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    HTSI
    The artists putting the ‘ooh’ in food

    There are cooks, there are artists, and there are food illusionists. Meet the culinary magicians

  • Monday, 20 November, 2023
    HTSI
    Where to get the best steaks? The experts speak

    From Matsusaka wagyu to Yorkshire Longhorn, we unveil the world’s best beef

    Steak at Flat Iron
  • Monday, 13 November, 2023
    HTSI
    They loved the restaurant so much they made a baby

    The food scene is crowded with mini versions of much-loved favourites. What’s the recipe for success? 

    A booth at Bob Bob Ricard, Soho
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    HTSIThe taste of Christmas
    Great gift ideas for gourmets

    The HTSI’s food writer stocks up on hot sauce, fruity napkin rings and a “smart” mug

    HTSI food writer Ajesh Patalay
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    HTSI
    My spice roads

    On the eve of Diwali, the HTSI food writer celebrates the legendary local restaurants of his forefathers

    Veeraswamy on Regent Street in 1973
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    HTSIHTSI autumn travel special
    The best B&B in the world?

    Massimo Bottura has brought his genius to his guesthouse Casa Maria Luigia. Go for the dinner, but stay for the spectacular breakfast

    Massimo Bottura stands at the head of the table during a family meal alfresco
  • Monday, 16 October, 2023
    HTSI
    Would you eat a cricket crisp?

    Hopping across the new frontiers of alt-protein

    Saved Foods Black Pepper Puffs, £6.99 for six packs
  • Monday, 9 October, 2023
    HTSI
    Brutalist design, brilliant food

    The National Theatre finally has dining spaces worthy of its epic architecture

    The Forza Wine interior designed by Tyeth Gundry
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    HTSI
    Jon Kung, the self-taught chef who went viral

    In Detroit, one cook is shaking things up with genre-breaking Chinese fusion food

    Jon Kung makes pork and chive dumplings
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    HTSI
    A remembrance of Diet Cokes past

    For Dwight Garner, great literature and gourmand dining pair so well, he’s written a book about it 

    The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading, by Dwight Garner
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    HTSI
    A first taste at The Cocochine – the restaurant rewriting Mayfair dining rules

    What happens when you combine one of the world’s most powerful gallerists with one of its greatest chefs?

    Miso cauliflower
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
    Enter the ring – the quest for the perfect bagel

    When photographer Dan Martensen failed to find his favourite New York-style in London, he founded a bakery to make the things himself

    A poppy-seed bagel with The Works (schmear, lox, red onions and capers)
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    FT SeriesWomen’s fashion special AW23
    Cécile, the Marseille café with model credentials

    Love brought Texan supermodel Erin Wasson to live in the French city – Cécile persuaded her to stay 

    Erin Wasson and her husband Barthelemy Tassy
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    HTSI
    Bake news! What’s cooking on the cake front?

    How to mug it and the latest in plant-based gâteaux

    Kate Calder’s mug cakes
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    HTSI
    Chef Dominique Crenn’s bold Paris homecoming

    She was the only female chef in the USA to win three Michelin stars. Can she repeat the trick on home turf?

    The rooftop bar at the hotel La Fantaisie in Paris
  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
    Food & Drink
    Restaurant review: there’s something fishy about the new Manzi’s

    After a long and vexed rebirth, minus Jeremy King, the once legendary London seafood restaurant is back

    The first-floor dining area – the interiors were created by Fabled Studio
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