Josh Barrie
28 August 2024
St John is one '90s survivor to savour
Restaurants come and go but only the most lauded, talked-about and popular stick around for any length of time
Read the full article21 August 2024
Hail the Caesar salad dressing
I freely admit my love of Pizza Express’ version of the powerful sauce, a bottle almost always in my fridge in salad season
Read the full article07 August 2024
These burgers are smash hits
The second coming of smash burgers is cause for celebration because thin and flash-fried is how burgers should be
Read the full article31 July 2024
The majesty of the crêpe
It is the utilitarian nature of crêpes, their accessibility and the fact they enjoy French ceremony that I adore
Read the full article24 July 2024
Le Clarence is gold-medal dining
Le Clarence trades in Parisian fine dining in its purest, truest form in matters of service and personality
Read the full article17 July 2024
Josh Barrie on food: The hunt for the perfect tomato
In Britain, to source fine tomatoes is a burden. It is a sad state of affairs and requires logistics and hefty spending
Read the full article10 July 2024
Josh Barrie on food: The wiener schnitzel, a dish best enjoyed clothed
Wiener schnitzel, born in Vienna, has its own form, its own magic
Read the full article03 July 2024
My tip for wannabe beer influencers
A new venture by BrewDog’s ‘captain and co-founder’ is not to be welcomed
Read the full article26 June 2024
In praise of the German kebab
If doner meat thrust chaotically into fluffy bread is a surefire way to encourage sobriety in the UK, it is almost a religion in Berlin
Read the full article19 June 2024
Where's the beef with influencers?
The internet is wilfully and demonstrably fickle. What then for restaurants reliant on influencers?
Read the full article12 June 2024
To live in Spain is to eat
Three out of the top five restaurants in the world were Spanish this year. Why?
Read the full article05 June 2024
Whining and dining
A restaurant in Notting Hill is turning heads thanks to its new corkage policy: want to bring your own wine into Dorian? It’ll cost you £100
Read the full article29 May 2024
What we can learn from Starmer's salmon
If the political food lens is switched on, the Labour leader is something of a masterchef
Read the full article22 May 2024
Fêtes and fouées
Why the fouée – soft, airy bread similar to pitta – hasn’t crossed the Channel is a mystery
Read the full article15 May 2024
An ode to the piole
Britain's restaurants could learn something from the casual establishments of Piedmont
Read the full article08 May 2024
Our restaurants are in crisis
Almost 2,000 restaurants went bust last year, but Rishi Sunak and co are apparently uninterested
Read the full article01 May 2024
Britain’s masters of margherita
It arrived nearly 100 years ago to little fanfare but is close to becoming a national obsession. How did Britain fall so hard for pizza?
Read the full article01 May 2024
Waitrose and Ottolenghi are a perfect pairing
Yotam Ottolenghi might be getting close to Jamie Oliver territory and that’s OK by me. He’s earned it
Read the full article24 April 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Chicken Chasseur à la Les Dennis
To Liverpool, for lunch with a wonderful orator
Read the full article17 April 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Why Italian chefs and waiters are saying goodbye to London
It is sad and diminishing that our government is now effectively telling an important community it is no longer wanted
Read the full article10 April 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Salmon island
Off the west coast of Norway lies an island luring countless tourists to its shores for its salmon
Read the full article03 April 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Risotto
Pick up your pan, your spoon, your rice, and get stirring. Risotto is about to have a moment in Britain
Read the full article20 March 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Britalian food
Creamy carbonara? It’s time to accept the silliness
Read the full article13 March 2024
Josh Barrie on food: British dining
For all the failings of this country these past years, one industry that has improved, year after year, is restaurants
Read the full article06 March 2024
Josh Barrie on food: A dream sandwich
A smoked meat sandwich might not sound like much. But it is the summit of what a sandwich can be: utterly, buoyantly delicious, and wholly inclusive
Read the full article28 February 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Asparagus is getting earlier every year
As much as asparagus excites me – really it does – its increasingly early arrival is also a little unsettling
Read the full article21 February 2024
Josh Barrie on food: A red sauce joint
Red sauce Italian restaurants are fortifying examples of immigration, a sign that people moving from one country to another brings intrigue and joy
Read the full article14 February 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Why we’re all clamouring for chocolate mousse
A warm mousse is theatrical in its elegance. The kind of dish that is romantic
Read the full article07 February 2024
Josh Barrie on food: Tamworth’s hidden gems
A trip to Staffordshire yields a worthy Nando's tribute outfit
Read the full article31 January 2024
Taste of Europe: Natasha Sideris’s porridge
Porridge might not sound exciting but this one contains dates providing sweetness, the seeds a nice crunch and the coconut milk adding creaminess
Read the full article24 January 2024
Taste of Europe: Jeremy Lee’s Arbroath smokies
There isn’t a flavour like the Arbroath smokie. It is salty, buttery and soft, bold and concentrated but to a remedial, soothing degree
Read the full article17 January 2024
Taste of Europe: Michel Roux Jr’s soufflé Suissesse
This dish encapsulates more than anything the grandeur and the newness that changed dining in Britain forever
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