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A Rhine maiden turned Soho matriarch

Fame of the game

Once seen as the preserve of kings, game is cheap, nutritious, flavourful, and a healthy choice. And you’ll find it in many more places than the very poshest restaurants.

A diet is for life

Feeling a bit on the porky side post-Christmas? Thought of taking that new wonderdrug that friends say will help you shed your flab in a fortnight? Don’t believe the hype, urges Felicity Cloake.

The Aztec history of your festive dinner

Dare to challenge the orthodoxy by refusing to incinerate your Christmas turkey.

Where the wild food is

Where the wild food is

Why foodies are getting excited about foraging

Knowing one’s station

“I had some magical trotters on my wedding night”

“I had some magical trotters on my wedding night”

The NS Interview: Fergus Henderson, chef at St John

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Fish is a dish best served warm

Go with the grain

Britain is progressing past “bake me a loaf as fast as you can” and rediscovering the pleasures of wholesome, nutritious and tasty bread.

Mother Theresa, canteen angel

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Crunch time

Felicity Cloake mulls the protein benefits of an insect-filled diet.

This isn’t just hospital food

The mourning after the night before

Into the valley of the vines

Show you’re lush for life

What better time than Christmas, asks Nina Caplan, to guzzle as much good booze as you can?

Much more than caffeine culture

Nina Caplan explores our enduring fascination with the seductive and addictive taste of the best coffee, and the orientalised history behind it.

Rich and red and laced with politics

Nina Caplan launches her Drink column for the New Statesman with a tour of that most unlikely of bibulous states — Lebanon.

Merry England

English winemakers are making great strides.

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Just pour me bubbles, darling

Schnappy schnapps

Forget the Nobel Prize. What about the Swedish drinking song championship?

Drying out the swalliers

Class Monitor No.1: Wetherspoons Man

Class Monitor No.1: Wetherspoons Man

The value of a quiet voice

The value of  a quiet voice

The Fixer

The Fixer (BBC2)

Ralph Fiennes

The NS Interview: Ralph Fiennes

The Muppets return

Gilbey on Film: We need to talk about Kermit

A life in pictures

Charles Dickens: snapshots of a life

Hemingway's Boat

Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved  in Life, and Lost (1934-61)

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Our film awards

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