Angela Hartnett: ‘One of life’s great things is a crisps sandwich: white...
The acclaimed chef on some simple pleasures – kitchen discos, Come Dine With Me, campari and soda – and long, long lunches with friendsGrowing up, I knew we had different food, put it like that. We...
View ArticleDon’t flake, don’t dump friends and don’t hold grudges: experts on what not...
Guardian writers including Marina Hyde, John Crace (and a few other successful types) reveal what they won’t be doing in the coming year• Don’t take yourself too seriously. Some of my biggest regrets...
View ArticleCracking! 17 deeply comforting fried egg recipes - from breakfast to a...
One of the most simple, delicious, versatile ingredients of all, here fried egg takes pride of place in everything from nasi goreng to a gorgeous Thai saladWhen it comes to cooking eggs, fried is the...
View ArticleThe week in audio: The Full English; Dish; Stress Test; The Failing Writers’...
Two food podcasts go deep on research and light on tone, while high-pressure poetry and chaotic pitches enliven two literary showsDo high food prices still make us angry? That’s the question the latest...
View ArticleAngela Hartnett: ‘Gordon Ramsay shouting became like water off a duck’s back’
The chef, 54, talks about getting annoyed by TV cooking shows, enjoying the occasional massive bucket from KFC and being taught to cook by her Italian grandmaI loved food from the moment I could eat....
View ArticleHow Neil Borthwick met Angela Hartnett: ‘We were in this tiny lift. All you...
Hartnett, 54, and Borthwick, 41, met when they were chefs together at the Connaught hotel and were firm friends for a decade before their relationship became more serious. They now live together in...
View ArticleOn my radar: Angela Hartnett’s cultural highlights
The chef on Stanley Tucci in a new BBC murder drama, the charms of San Francisco and meeting her musical heroThe chef Angela Hartnett was born in Kent in 1968. She studied history at Cambridge...
View ArticleChef Angela Hartnett: ‘My guiltiest pleasure? Plain salted crisps’
The Michelin-starred chef on being grumpy, passing out in the toilet, and doing the washing up at the Ford factory in DagenhamBorn in Kent, Hartnett, 53, worked with Gordon Ramsay, before launching her...
View ArticleOriginal Observer Photography
From a Rhode Island Beach to the Parisian streets – the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in April 2022Continue reading...
View ArticleWelcome to April’s Observer Food Monthly
This month, we have a heartwarming family baking tale and your chance to vote in this year’s OFM awardsThere is the most heartwarming story in this issue of OFM. It involves the 17-year-old Kitty Tait...
View ArticleAll back to mine: Angela Hartnett’s recipes for easy entertaining
Asparagus quiche, crab salad and floating islands – the Michelin-starred chef shares exclusive recipes from her new cookbook for fuss-free cooking for friendsAt just after nine one Friday spring...
View ArticleOut of the box: a guide to the best UK restaurant meal kits
Restaurants may be closed as Valentine’s Day looms but you can still taste dishes from top chefsRestaurant doors may be closed but chefs are boxing clever. Takeaways have evolved into home-delivery...
View Article'Utterly delicious': top chefs on the best thing they ate in 2019
Eggs in Mexico City, pickles in New Delhi, king crab in Vancouver – chefs and cooks including Rick Stein, Clare Smyth and Angela Hartnett on the mouthfuls that made their yearRick Stein, chef and food...
View ArticleTV tonight: a study of Boris Johnson using his newspaper columns
The writings of the man who would be prime minister are put under the microscope. Plus: Angela Harnett’s favourite restuarant. Here’s what to watch this eveningIf his own words could damn him, Boris...
View ArticleFrom the surgeon to the Spice Girl: how people in high-pressure jobs cope...
From Mishal Husain to Mel C and Henry Marsh, twelve high-powered people reveal how they manageMishal Husain, BBC news presenterContinue reading...
View ArticleWant to cook great Italian food? Turn to Marcella Hazan | Angela Hartnett
Why the great food writer’s books must be in the kitchen of anyone hoping to create one of the country’s classicsMy grandmother was Italian so, growing up, I knew about Italian food, which made...
View ArticleObjects of desire: the design delights of my favourite things
An old typewriter, a wooden chair, a worn cuddly toy… The things we surround ourselves with loom large in our lives. Here, eight people reveal why they love the design of their prized possessionThe...
View ArticleYes, we love ready meals – but Britain is still a foodie nation | Ian Jack
While top chefs such as Angela Hartnett draw on European cuisine, black pudding and pies have a rich history tooThere can surely never have been a time in Britain when food was more various, more...
View ArticleThe UK is not a 'foodie nation', says chef Angela Hartnett
The Michelin-starred restaurateur tells BBC’s Desert Island Discs that British food culture is ‘about money’Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett has dismissed the notion that Britain has a “food...
View ArticleObserver Food Monthly Awards 2017 - the winners in pictures
The full rundown of winners at the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2017. The event was held at the Freemasons’ Hall, London, on 12 October.Continue reading...
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