Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
There is great economic and cultural value in the sector ready to be unlocked
Funds to boost regional clusters would further propel one of the best-performing sectors
From Buck’s Fizz to roast turkey, the humble crisp can be engineered to taste of many festive flavours. Peter Bazalgette calls in the taste panel to ask if this is wise
With summer days — and Wimbledon — almost upon us, Peter Bazalgette samples low-calorie thirst-quenchers
The winning croissant ‘should be dunked in a bowl of steaming hot chocolate . . . immediately’
‘Perhaps the quickest way of judging these slices on the supermarket shelf: look for faultlines in the squares’
The panel investigates the grown-up side of chocolate indulgence with this most trendy of treats
‘We didn’t include low-fat Greek yoghurts since we found the suggestion of self-denial distressing’
Peter Bazalgette and his panel test the insipid and the inspired — with a seasonal bonus of brandy butter
‘The most astonishing thing we ate looked like a prawn cracker but had a delicious echo of beef dripping. What was it?’
‘In his understated way, the Bibulous Shipowner said of the winner: “avocado taste”. That’s all we were really asking for’
‘A little bit of potato skin gives the deep-fried morsels a straight-from-the-allotment minerality’
‘Looks like palo cortado sherry, smells like Calvados, tastes like a cider pudding’
‘This pâté had so much pork it was halfway to rillettes, and none the worse for that’
‘The moment early on in a meal, when fresh bread arrives with a delicious butter, often beats anything that is to follow’
Out of 20 bottled beers we tasted, our choice for top beer is Meantime Brewing Company’s India pale ale
‘A plea for next year: a dark chocolate coin, for adults only. Aren’t we allowed a treat too?’
The chancellor understands that towns must have souls as well as sewers, writes Peter Bazalgette
The earliest form of the drink contained cocaine from coca leaves but today it is more benign, relying on caffeine for its kick, caramel for its colour and spices for its flavour
No self-respecting supermarket or takeaway is without its sushi offering
We wanted high-quality chocolate, a fresh wholemeal crumb and not too much sweetness – an adult taste
International Edition