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Falstaff Restaurant of the Week

Each week, Falstaff highlights a restaurant somewhere on this globe, reviewed by one of our professional eaters.

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The Magic of Making Cheese

Our resident cheese expert muses on the magical transformation from milk to cheese.

Top 5: The Best Raspberry Recipes

Raspberries are not just for sweet recipes - they also bring a fruity and summery twist to savoury dishes.

The Seven Best Vegetables to Grow from Kitchen Scraps

Fancy growing your own windowsill vegetable garden, reduce waste and save money at the same time? All you need is a few kitchen leftovers and some patience.

How to Buy, Serve, Store and Taste Cheese

Our resident cheese expert has a primer on choosing, buying, storing, cutting, presenting and tasting cheese.

Authentic Neapolitan Pizzas from Italy Shipped Free to American Homes

Premium pizzas made in Naples are being flash-frozen and shipped to American homes.

Shellfish: Sea Delight

Shellfish are nature’s bounty: they allow us to bring the sea home.

Haugen: Alpine-themed Restaurant to Open in London's Olympic Park

The UK-based restaurant group D&D London is to open an Alpine-themed restaurant in Stratford, East London, in September 2021.

Dior to Open Paris Restaurant

Dior have announced they will open restaurant at their historic Paris headquarters.

New Documentary about Chef Anthony Bourdain to Air in July

Roadrunner is a new documentary about the charismatic chef and TV presenter Anthony Bourdain.

Rome Debuts Pizza Vending Machine

We all know vending machines for drinks and sweets, but Rome has now topped this with a pizza vending machine located in a booth on Via Catania.

The Seven Best Edible Flowers

Edible flowers add an immediate touch of colour and liveliness to any dish. They don’t just look pretty, they are delicious, too.

The Seven Best Wild Herbs to Forage

Get out there for your hit of seasonal vitamins and nutrients. You may have thought of these plants as weeds when they are anything but.

Al Fresco Eating: The Best Picnic Blankets

Have you packed everything for your picnic? Make sure you don’t forget something to sit on: Falstaff has found the best and most beautiful picnic blankets for you.

Perfect Protection: The Best Parasols for Sunny Days

Parasols conjure up warm sunshine and a holiday mood. Falstaff shows you the most beautiful and best parasols of the season.

Keeping your Cool: The Best Cooler Bags for Summer

Cool bags are a summer essential. Falstaff has rounded up the most stylish and best cool bags for the summer.

The Five Best Goat’s Cheeses in the World

Goat’s cheeses are made around the world and we love how versatile they are: use them in both sweet and savoury dishes.

The Five Best Heritage Tomatoes

Why only ever stick to the same, boring standard supermarket tomato? There is so much more flavour out there.

The Five Best Cured Hams in the World

The best cured ham is sweet and tender and, when thinly sliced, elevates a breadstick, a chunk of melon or a fresh fig to a feast.

Restaurant Home Delivery Set to Stay

The pandemic changed many habits, according to a UK report, restaurant home delivery is one that is likely to stay.

Recipes Show all

Beef Tartare with Herb Butter

This classic from "Flatschers" restaurant in Vienna, is only prepared with the best beef.

Piccata Milanese - Pork Schnitzels with Spaghetti

Ingenious and simple: Toni Mörwald's pasta recipe with roast pork lung and green asparagus!

Risotto Genovese

As basil sprouts again in gardens, food blogger Julian Kutos blends pesto genovese with risotto.

Miso-Marinated Black Cod with Tomato and Asparagus

A recipe for Japan fans by Takumi Murase who works at "Megu" in Gstaad.

Rotolini di Zucchine

Grilled, rolled and stuffed: these courgettes with cream cheese filling are an ideal vegetarian summer dish.

Lentil Salad with Salsa

This salad is perfect for lunch at home or at the office.

Warm Steak Salad

This juicy steak salad takes centre stage at any garden party.

Warm Octopus Salad

Severin Corti demonstrates how to master octopus cookery.

Salad of Porcini Mushrooms

Constantin Fischer combines culinary delights of the forest with a crisp salad.

Raspberry and Rhubarb Buns

Delicious, yeasty buns with rhubarb and raspberries - a recipe you absolutely have to bake!

Thai-style Mussels

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Mussels harmonise wonderfully with various flavours - coconut milk and coriander are just two of many.

Rhubarb Crumble

A rhubarb crumble doesn't get any better than this - recipe by Felicity Cloake.

Mediterranean Fish Stew

Club Prosper Montagné presents a Mediterranean recipe by Robert Speth.

Chocolate Tiramisu

Fancy a quick chocolate tiramisu? Julian Kutos offers the perfect recipe for impatient chocoholics.

Pasta: Penne with Pesto Trapanese

The recipe originates from Sicily, more precisely from around the city of Trapani. The area is well known for its almonds, which is the main ingredient of this pesto.