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Nick highlights something the Brits lack but the French have in spades – and it’s not French cuisine. This week – and with apologies to BBC’s The Fast Show –...
Nick Lander
Sunday 18 January 2026
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Nick on restaurants
Nick's most memorable restaurants of 2025
An annual round-up of gastronomic pleasure. Above, the German island of Sylt which provided Nick with an excess of it in July 2025. At this time of year I like...
Nick Lander
Sunday 14 December 2025
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Two fabulous weekends, and a lot of tasting. The Tuscan weekend is exemplified by the outdoor Sunday lunch pictured above...
Nick on restaurants
A Paris classic, worth it for the views alone, revisited.
Why do we go to restaurants?
The main reason has...
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Spain, Languedoc, Roanne, Burgundy, Paris and London this month.
My father would have been 100 this month. He used to...
Nick on restaurants
Parisian and Catalan meals enjoyed and described, including a useful recommendation for travellers. Above, morning view from the Hotel Empordà...
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Heat, or lack of it, was a theme this month. February is meant to be a short month, and we...
Nick on restaurants
A fond look back over the year. Above, one of Nick's favourite scenes from a year visiting restaurants around the...
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Who has quietly invested in Champagne, Pommard, Rully and a host of luxurious hotels?
Pommard is a famous Burgundian wine...
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Can anyone beat this for name-dropping?
If last month’s diary was a little short on action, this month’s is action-packed...
Nick on restaurants
Four restaurants of note, two on each side of the English Channel. Above, the kitchen at Passerini in Paris.
The...
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Wine and travel journalist Dena Roché writes this entry to our 2024 wine writing competition about falling in love in...
Book reviews
A vine-spotter's guide to the City of Light.
The Hidden Vineyards of Paris
Geoffrey Finch
Published by Board & Bench...
Nick on restaurants
A mouth-watering retrospective. Above, a quizzical Ferran Centelles and a thoughtful Nick at Mantúa in Jerez, the one restaurant in...
Nick on restaurants
Nick describes the ideal Saturday morning in Paris, which of course includes a great restaurant discovery.
It began with breakfast...
Travel tips
Current Paris resident Chris Howard takes us by the hand and explains that a directionless stroll is preferable to a...
Nick on restaurants
A trio of restaurants in France – in Paris, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Marseille. Above, chef Christophe Hardiquest of La Mère Germaine...
Nick on restaurants
Paris's two-star restaurant Table, appreciated. Chef patron Bruno Verjus captures an image of a pithivier above, surrounded by his (much...
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