Food & Drink

This labour-intensive dish has crossed empires, borders and belief systems, becoming a shared language of generosity around the world.

From flame-seared dishes in Mexico to avant-garde cooking in India, these six new restaurants are worth travelling for this year.

Across Italy, ceremonial brotherhoods are sworn to protect historic dishes – from salted cod stew to cured meats – using medieval rituals, velvet robes and fierce culinary devotion.

Each year in the village of Villavallelonga, friends and family gather to honour a local saint with a 50-course meal where no forkful goes uneaten – just as they have for centuries.

From Carnival parades and an annual chocolate festival to vermouth rituals and winter-only dishes, February brings Turin's food culture and traditions into sharp focus.

Donegal's Football Special has been north-western Ireland's favourite underground non-alcoholic drink since the 1960s. And now the top-secret recipe is taking the nation by storm.

The world's biggest all-you-can-eat buffet sits in a car park in southern France and serves pressed duck, truffles and 111 cheeses. Here's why the French can't get enough of it.