Lydia Winter

Lydia Winter editor

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Lydia suffers from constant food FOMO, which means she has to eat everything she comes across (except coriander). When not thinking about her next meal, she can be found stalking other people's cats – or trotting the globe for, er, her next meal.

Lydia Winter's articles

4 of our favourite London farm shops

Head to these farm shops around the city for the freshest, tastiest produce that you know has been grown with sustainability in mind

Flavour of the Week: Samarkand

Not familiar with Central Asian cuisine? New Fitzrovia restaurant Samarkand shows why you should be

5 of the best restaurants with shops

Not only can you buy all sorts of wonderful produce at these establishments – you can eat there, too

Flavour of the Week: Ostuni Highgate

This week, we head to Highgate and find ourselves whisked away by the flavours of Puglia at Ostuni

Our favourite London ice cream parlours

It's time to acquaint yourself with London's hottest – or should that be coolest? – gelaterias

Q&A: Jeremy Torz, co-founder of Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Jeremy Torz, co-founder of Union Hand-Roasted, tell us about the coffee brand's new book, how climate change could affect coffee, and why coffee is like fine wine

Flavour of the Week: Foley's

Leaving a vaunted restaurant like The Palomar takes guts, but its former sous chef Mitz Vora shows us how it's done at his new solo venture, Foley's in Fitzrovia

The winners of S. Pellegrino's Young Chef UK & Ireland 2016

Ten chefs, ten dishes, six hours and five discerning judges: this week saw the UK and Ireland final of the S. Pellegrino Young Chef Awards. Here's what you need to know

The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2016: London's winners

Last week saw the announcement of the prestigious World's 50 Best Restaurants. Here's everything you need to know, including the lowdown on London's winners

Tom Adams and April Bloomfield open food-forward country B&B Coombeshead Farm

What do you get when you mix together a working farm, a six-bedroom farmhouse and two of our favourite chefs? Our next holiday, that's what

Flavour of the Week: Piquet

British-meets-French cuisine may not be new, but Allan Pickett marries the two with considerable panache at this former underground car park-turned-elegant, wood-panelled dining room in Fitzrovia

London's best travelling cocktail menus

Whether it's our beloved capital or the entire globe, get exploring via our favourite medium – a good drink

The best places to enjoy Chelsea Flower Show

For five days in May, London turns into a horticultural paradise. Here are the best places to sit back, relax and enjoy the view – with a floral-inspired cocktail, of course

Flavour of the Week: Som Saa

Som Saa makes its long-awaited return, opening its first permanent site on Commercial Street. We tuck in to refreshingly authentic Thai eating packed with flavour

London's best places for spring eating

It's time to ditch the stodgy stews and and focus on seasonal eating to celebrate spring's arrival. Here's our pick of the best places to tuck into fresh salads and lighter bites

Q&A: The authors of new book The Kitchen Shelf on getting the most out of your larder

Think you need fancy ingredients to make a great dinner? Not according to the authors of new cookery book The Kitchen Shelf 

Growing Underground produces its first commercial harvest

Enjoy a frolic on Clapham Common? You might interested to learn that 100ft below it, in a disused bomb shelter, there's a subterranean farm called Growing Underground – and you can now buy its herbs

Q&A: The Providores' Peter Gordon on salads, 'fusion' food and spotting young cheffing talent

The New Zealand-born, London-based chef tells us about salads, modern 'fusion' food and what makes the London food scene so special

Flavour of the Week: Absurd Bird

Shoreditch adds to its flock of Southern-style restaurants in the form of Absurd Bird, which specialises in – yep, you guessed it – fried chicken and moonshine cocktails

Q&A: The Dairy's Robin Gill on new restaurant Counter Culture and the Home Grown supper club

Counter Culture and collaboration: The Dairy's co-founder Robin Gill tells us about his new restaurant and supper club