1. Restaurant review: The Bladebone Inn

The Bladebone Inn finds middle ground between the expensive bluster used to snare naive foodies and the ready-made, heat-a-meals of chain pubs.

2. Restaurant review: The Wellington Arms

3. Restaurant Review: The Jolly Fryer

The Jolly Fryer is a truly excellent fish and chip shop that you should all visit.

4. Christmas turkey cooked to perfection

Ok, it's Christmas and, regardless of the fact that far more famous writers will be providing a million of them elsewhere, I’m contractually obliged to give you a description of how to roast a turkey. So here goes.

5. Restaurant review: The New Mill

Great views, adventurous food and some very good value makes The New Mill worth talking about.

6. Restaurant review: The Crown at Bray

There’s a Berkshire chef – I don’t know if you’ve heard of him – Heston something-or-other.

7. Restaurant review: Bistro 27

A great little restaurant with quality cooking and good produce at the fore

8. Restaurant review: Coworth Park, Ascot

For a taste of how the other half live without the special-occasion price tag, John Campbell at Coworth Park’s Shire menu is an unmissable treat.

9. Restaurant review: Cilantro

‘Hello, Tom? Yeah, it’s Dave, how are you mate!”

10. Are you up for the big chip challenge?

Chips – everybody loves them, but of late chefs have been trying to elevate them above the status of the humble pomme frite.