Kate Hawkings On... Concrete Eggs

How does the vessel a wine is made in affect its flavour? Olive’s wine expert explains how modern wine-makers are reimagining ancient techniques

Cook Like A Local - Catalonia

Spanish chef José Pizarro recommends touring the fields, mountains and coastline of north-east Spain in search of clams washed down with cava, and meatballs cooked slowly with cuttlefish.

Hot Off The Pass

Introducing Dani Soto-Innes, one of New York City’s most exciting young chefs, who likes to make her kitchen sweat.

Weekender Brighton

Get a flavour of this laid-back, south-coast city with micro-roast coffees, crunchy rabbit croquettes, buttermilk sponge and spicy bloody marys

On The Road: Sardinia

Inland from the sparkling shores and spangling yachts of northern Sardinia’s glitzy Emerald Coast are mountains fragrant with wild herbs and kitchens serving deep-fried cheese ravioli and succulent suckling pig

Freezer Pleasers

Bake and enjoy now or save for a weekend breakfast – just make sure to eat them warm from the oven!

Stopover Wellington

Eat your way around New Zealand’s craft beer and coffee capital, sampling barbecued halloumi skewers, kimchi croissants and lemon meringue pie doughnuts

Hot Off The Pass

This issue we look a little closer to home for one of the world’s most exciting young chefs, Ben Chapman, owner of Kiln and Smoking Goat in central London.

Pro Vs Punter Norse, Harrogate

Does a regular diner reach the same conclusion about a restaurant as a food pro, who may get special treatment if recognised?* Emma Sturgess and Olive reader Andrew Murphy compare notes on this new Scandi-inspired opening.

Hot Off The Pass

Introducing Amanda Cohen, whose flavour-first, rock’n’roll approach to vegetarian cooking has won her fans (omnivores and veggies alike) across New York.

Tip Off

Tony Naylor delves into the murky world of the service charge. Who gets what? Is it fair? And how do we make it better?

On The Road San Sebastian

Sparkling white wine poured from a height, mounds of gooseneck barnacles and melt-in-the-mouth suckling pig with quince sauce – Spain’s coastal corner surely wins the prize for the world’s best bar crawl…

Test Kitchen Secrets

A well-roasted chicken is a beautiful thing, but you can perfect it with one simple step.

Pro Vs Punter Core By Clare Smyth, London

Does a regular diner reach the same conclusion about a restaurant as a food pro, who may get special treatment if recognised?* Laura Rowe and Olive reader Chris Attoe compare notes on this fine-dining experience on offer in Notting Hill

Hot Off The Pass

Localism isn’t so much a trend in Russia as a necessity – we meet Ivan and Sergey Berezutskiy, the twins refining the new Russian kitchen

Food Mileage

Catch up on the latest openings, eats and reads around the world with travel editor Rhiannon Batten

It's Not Easy Being Green

Slowly but surely, some pioneering UK restaurants are waking-up to working sustainably and ethically. Here are six inspirational venues which are hopefully defining the future

On The Road: Ribble Valley

This bosky corner of Lancashire should be rammed but, for now, you can enjoy its posh hotpots, artisan cheeses and venison cobblers in peace

Hot Shots

The independent coffee scene in the UK is booming – let us introduce you to those leading the roasting revolution

Pro Vs Punter Magpie, London

Does a regular diner reach the same conclusion about a restaurant as a food pro, who may get special treatment if recognised?* Hilary Armstrong and Olive reader Serena Karp compare notes on this opening with a quirky approach to service.

Hot Off The Pass

Stockport might be an unlikely location for one of the country’s most exciting kitchens, but chef Sam Buckley is creating quite the culinary stir

On The Road: Chiang Mai

This multicultural city, in Thailand’s mountainous north, showcases the region’s distinctive cooking style in dishes such as sesame soft-shell crab tempura and fiery roast duck curry

Stopover Singapore

One of the world’s richest culinary capitals, you’ll find everything from humble chilli-spiked laksa to molecular glitz and bespoke gin cocktails in this Asian city state

On The Road: Devon

From a rustic café doing a pipinghot trade in pulled pork baps to the offshore restaurant dispensing local gin and scallops to kite surfers, this corner of the south-west does quirky eats with as much finesse as it does fine dining

On The Road: Carmarthenshire

The lush landscapes of this south-west corner of Wales have inspired cooks as well as poets. Venture through them on a road trip to find salt-marsh lamb, air-dried ham, creamy blue cheese and artisan coffee.

Cook Like A Local Corsica

High mountains, fertile valleys and rich waters have gifted this Mediterranean island a robust and earthy gastronomic culture. Culinary highlights include local charcuterie, simply cooked fish and ricotta-like ewe’s cheeses.

Hot Off The Pass

Despite 2018 being hailed as the year of the woman, female chefs have been nailing it in San Sebastián for some time, says one of the region’s standout culinary stars, Jessica Lorigo.

Pro Vs Punter Nuala, London

Does a regular diner reach the same conclusion about a restaurant as a food pro, who may get special treatment if recognised?* Chloe Scott-Moncrieff and Olive reader Jeremy Byfleet compare notes on this new open-fire restaurant in Shoreditch

Cover Star

Chocolate & hazelnut profiterole stack 2 HOURS + COOLING | SERVES 10 | A LITTLE EFFORT

Pro Vs Punter Home, Leeds

Does a regular diner reach the same conclusion about a restaurant as a food pro, who may get special treatment if recognised?* Emma Sturgess and Olive reader Isobel Padmore compare notes on this new opening focussed on British produce.