Sue de Groot embraces global gastronomy at a British food festivalSue de GrootYou can tell a lot about a country from its food. If you got into a time machine and were dropped in post-war London, you’d know it immediately from the ration books, the eggless cakes and the way people reacted to the sight of a lemon. With England in the grip of a punishing recession you might expect to find similar privations and belt-tightening measures today. But no. Far from cutting back on luxuries, the capital’s restaurants and purveyors of fine foods seem to have embarked on an…

Melanie Hansche takes a bite of the new, the classic, the fun and the fancy…According to the register of The New York Health Department, there are currently 24 000 restaurants in New York City, It hurts just thinking about where a touring glutton might take their bites of this vast metropolis, which is home to many and varied ethnic groups, food traditions and influences ranging from Mexican and Jamaican to Russian and Jewish. This is the city that has given the world the Waldorf salad, Steak Diane, the ice-cream cone, the Reuben sandwich and the deep-dish pizza, among other delights.…

Anna Montali travelled to Italy to experience the Slow Food movement, whose followers believe in rediscovering the origins of our food and eating responsibly (and deliciously)ANNA MONTALIDo you remember how food used to taste before fast food came along? Remember when love, dedication and authentic ingredients went into the food we ate? Today there is a movement to save our heritage in the enjoyment of food and wine. Piedmont local Carlo Petrini founded the Slow Food movement in 1989, with the intention of increasing our gastronomic pleasure by going back to the humble beginnings where it all started – back…