Festive food through the ages

Gather your loved ones and create memories to last a lifetime

David Downie explains why, for centuries, Paris has been a go-to destination for cuisine of all kinds

French artists have appropriated alfresco dining ever since Édouard Manet scandalised Paris with his Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe , yet many charming scenes were painted in Britain, too, and are worth rediscovering, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Seasonal cooking and food news with Giovanna Ryan

enjoy a shellfish feast on the Norfolk marshes ...

Now synonymous with healthy eating, salad could be a dangerous dish in Tudor England – or so it was believed. According to the humoural theory that dominated early modern medicine, based on the work o