Signe Johansen swoons at a stellar meal

If you want to get away from your fellow tourists in Venice - and who doesn’t? - here are five very different restaurants to try. .

Up to date reviews of four classic Venetian restaurants + Corte Sconta (added 30.4.08)

An original fast food concept, a clever bistro with a bargain lunch menu, a cut price ‘palace’ and a rather special wine shop

In the third of her features on tea, chef Signe Johansen sips her way around London’s hippest and most elegant tea rooms

With some excitingly original food into the bargain

Food and wine writer Natasha Hughes bravely ploughs her way through an epic menu at Maso Franch and recommends some other restaurants in the area.

Subscriber Lucy Bridgers reports on a recent trip to Paris

London’s poshest department store offers the chance to try before you buy

Another Chateau Laffite (with two Fs and two Ts) two glorious - and well-priced - dessert wines, a crash course in armagnac and a hideaway hotel