Chefs on the beach: Nieves Barragán Mohacho on holidays in Valencia and Brighton
‘The people on the beach in England were much mellower and quieter than the Spanish’
Chefs on the beach: Jeremy Lee on holidays in the Western Isles and Brittany
‘Mum made minces and stews on the beach on Mull’
Chefs on the beach: Shuko Oda on holidays in the US and Thailand
‘We went in the hotel kitchen. It had filthy surfaces and there were three cats eating things’
Alice Waters: Chez Panisse lost $40,000 in the first year with $30,000 of wine unaccounted for
The pioneer chef and restaurateur on her ambition to teach America’s children about the politics of food – and the difficulty of cooking Werner Herzog’s shoe
Olia Hercules and the food of warm Ukrainian summers
The chef and cookbook author on her eastern European childhood and its influence on her recipes
The secret life of Australia’s top chef
Ben Shewry’s Melbourne restaurant Attica is admired all over the world – but success did not make him happy, and he nearly walked away from the kitchen. Until he was saved by a fisherman, his love for basketball and his family
The 40 best restaurants in Britain
Forty chefs open up their address books for Observer Food Monthly and reveal their favourite places to eat, from Inverness to Paignton and from Michelin-starred restaurants to a pie and mash shop
The Stein family saga: 40 years of the Seafood Restaurant
In the years since Rick and Jill Stein first opened for business in Padstow, they’ve survived a messy divorce and celebrity, while raising three sons. Here, the first family of fish look back and tell all
Rick Stein’s favourite seafood recipes
To celebrate 40 years of his seafood restaurant, Rick Stein chooses eight of his favourite fish dishes especially for OFM - from a classic soup to steamed scallops
The OFM 50: the 50 hottest places, people and trends in food
Observer Food Monthly’s favourite things, all in one place: from the best chef in the Outback to Cumbria’s most followed shepherd and brilliant Chinese buns in Paris. Plus why it really is the year of the goat
Spain’s female chefs demand their place at the top table
The country’s giants of cuisine are celebrated across the world – and are all men. Now women want recognition of their culinary skills and achievements
Mary-Ellen McTague: Like most parents, I resort to culinary subterfuge
The chef on getting her children to eat – and her surefire taco recipe
Vivek Singh: It never pays to second-guess kids’ food foibles
The chef on the importance of family meals – and his wife Archana’s recipe for poha
Jason Atherton: We always eat at the table – no TV dinners at our house
The Pollen Street Social chef on what works at family mealtimes and keeping the children interested in food
Nathan Outlaw: We’re lucky – both our children will try any food at least once
The chef on family dinners and household chores – plus his shepherd’s pie recipe