When did cooking get so cool? Tim Walker traces the rise of the hip young panslingers

1. Hobnail Pitcher

Serves 4

Brittany's south coast is the setting for Les Jardins d'Arvor, a new complex of 134 family friendly apartments at Bénodet that is being sold through Brittany Ferries (0871 244 1444; brittanyferries.com/holidays).

The best of British is on offer on a Champagne, Bucket & Spade Break at Hawke's Point (01726 884072; hawkes-point.co.uk) in St Ives, Cornwall.

Serves 4-6

Serves 4

Godiva Chocolates, founded in Brussels in 1926, is known for its upmarket milk chocolate. Since 1988, Thierry Muret, a trained chemist as well as chocolatier, has been its development chef. The latest Godiva boutique opens today in Harrods in London.

Whether you're after a recipe for a spectacular salad or a brilliant barbecue, these have tasty ideas

Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin carved up Europe at Yalta. Reagan and Gorbachev almost gave up their nukes at Reykjavik. Some summits make history. The personal chemistry between leaders can produce extraordinary and unpredictable outcomes. They also produce great pictures: the walks in the woods and the fireside chats.

Serves 4 (2 galettes each; remaining galettes can be refrigerated and used within 2 days, or frozen)

Makes 24 pikelets

Serves 4

Starbucks UK has blamed high rents and a hefty royalty payment to its US parent for its fifth consecutive year of losses.