Going to pot
kitchen culture 5
drives women away
property 18
market prices 20
opinion 25
letters 26
viewpoint 28
READER DIARIES 30
TABLE TALK 31
rising star 32
Recipes from Yorkshire's Andrew Pern at the Star Inn
plates of state 42
Feeding the world's leaders at the recent G8 summit in Birmingham
menuwatch 46
Cuban-style restaurants Havana and Little Havana are fuelling London's love affair with Latin American cooking
what's new 48
chef news 49
quiz 50
bubbling up 52
English wine-makers, bowing to the logic of geography, are turning out some excellent sparkling whites
THE CELLAR 54
ADOPTED BUSINESSES 56
Mash undergoes a refit to help its deli operation, and McMillans in Belfast looks forward to its first summer with optimism
park life 60
Hotels located in business parks have several built-in advantages
thinking pink 62
How restaurateurs are wooing the gay big spenders
a tale of two 64
in the city
Catering managers from two Gardner Merchant contracts compare notes on their jobs
making it personal 68
ITdirector Finn Schulz sees guest profiling as the next big thing in hotel technology
italian seasoning 70
How a 14th-century Essex hotel restaurant was transformed by a Mediterranean makeover
greener machines 75
Eco-friendly dishwashers
clockwork 80
leftovers 82
international 83
APPOINTMENTS 87
Classified 128
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