Lifestyle

Hyper-local Dining Destinations
Farm-to-table eating is a growing trend, with restaurants serving delicious dishes made with ingredients from the surrounding fields. Cornwall, Devon and Somerset offer particularly rich pickings

Tablescaping: How To Achieve The Perfect Setting
An artfully dressed table makes for a memorable Christmas party. Here, styling experts offer tips for creating an atmospheric arrangement

Gourmet Nice: the Riviera’s hottest foodie destination
The Unesco-listed city known for traditional Niçoise fare has upped its gastronomic game in recent years. Now ambitious chefs are adding Michelin-starred cachet to the fine-dining scene

Gourmet Porto: Portugal’s New Dining Destination
One of the oldest cities in Europe, Unesco-listed Porto is also one of the continent’s culinary hotspots, with talented young chefs reinventing the city’s delicious traditional dishes

London’s tastiest food villages
From leafy Victoria Park to the grand streets of Mayfair, the UK capital is full of neighbourhoods with deliciously distinct gastronomic flavours

Gourmet Somerset: A Chic Culinary Hotspot
With Michelin-starred restaurants, cracking country pubs and award-winning vineyards, the county offers some of the finest gastronomic treats in the West Country

Gourmet Kent: England’s new culinary hotspot
From hyper-local seafood to Michelin-starred tasting menus and vineyard restaurants, the county has undergone a gastronomic revolution in recent years

The best wine regions in Europe and beyond
You don’t have to own a vineyard to enjoy the cuisine and countryside in a viticultural hotspot such as Tuscany, Bordeaux or Stellenbosch. With wine tourism a fast-growing trend, properties here can be a rental investment, too

The growing market for UK Vineyards
British wine is now a worthy rival to its more illustrious global counterparts – and buying a vineyard in the UK is easier than in Bordeaux or Burgundy. Here is our guide on how to get growing

Farm to table Caribbean dining
There’s a culinary shift in the islands as sustainable food culture takes root