The food is as authentic as it is comforting at old-school Italian Acciuga, says Lisa Markwel.

'My mother, she was rubbish at cooking. I learnt from my father'

Serves 4

Serves 4

Serves 4

While in the house he helped himself to Jaffa Cakes and a pasta meal before making off with three televisions and other valuables

'My mum would help us create african dishes – she was my first influence'

The pugnacious chef finally met a shambolic restaurant he couldn't save. John Walsh on when TV makeover refuseniks fight back

'We visit Puglia a lot. The food, the people, the whole place is amazing'

Serves 4

A well-made pair of shoes, or two, is an investment that will pay dividends, says Lee Holmes

How Italian do you like your Italian restaurant? Do you enjoy the full theatricals of gesticulating padrone, chequered napery and yard-long pepper grinder? Would you prefer the Milanese chic of L'Anima? How about the small-plates-of-something-from-Liguria connoisseurship of Bocca di Lupo?

Horsemeat-tainted lasagne will be donated to Church kitchen

Ready meals containing horse DNA may still be on sale despite a product recall, trading standards officials have said.