Updated 9:31pm 21 May 2013

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Gallic uprising in the suburbs

There's a French food revolution going on in Birmingham. Richard McComb reports on the rise and rise of Maison Mayci.Read

Edmunds named top Midlands restaurant by Good Food Guide

Edmunds restaurant in Birmingham has won a top “people’s award” – being named Midlands regional winner in the The Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year Awards. Read

A singular focus

Clive Platman enjoys the impressive flavours of middle European vineyards which favour single varieties.Read

Restaurant Review: Ekachai and Wagamama

It’s another spring giveaway from the Dining Out column: two reviews for the price of one.Read

Brazilian restaurant Rodizio Rico signs up for The Cube in Birmingham

Birmingham’s renewed inward investment drive has scored another success after a London-based restaurant chain agreed to open its first operation outside the capital in the city.Read

Sensationally sweet Claire Clark

Food critic Richard McComb talks to the undisputed Queen of Desserts, Claire Clark.Read

Former landlord of The Asquith denies blame for closure of restaurant

A property developer has refuted claims he was responsible for the closure of Glynn Purnell’s second restaurant, The Asquith.Read

Banquet fit for a future king

Food critic Richard McComb asks some of Birmingham's top chefs for Royal Wedding menu suggestions.Read

The beauty of beer

Kat Keogh joins a women's movement that's singing the praises of real ale.Read

Restaurant Review: Shabab and Al Frash

Welcome to the first of this year’s “toofers”: two reviews for the price of one.Read

Hampton Manor chef shooting for a star

Martyn Pearn is a chef on a mission at a reborn manor house, writes Food Critic Richard McComb.Read

Birmingham's Colmore Business District to host one-day food festival

Birmingham’s drive towards a more egalitarian food scene has been boosted with the launch of a new city-centre festival.Read

Discarding the myths of forgotten fish

Thank cod it's coley... food critic Richard McComb enjoys a delicious taste of fish varieties condemned as 'discards'Read

Top Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell closes The Asquith after landlord dispute

Acclaimed chef Glynn Purnell has closed his new Edgbaston restaurant, The Asquith, and lost £40,000 following a bitter dispute with a debt-laden property developer. Read

Richard McComb: Glynn Purnell will be stronger after closing The Asquith

Never go back, they say. It’s advice Glynn Purnell probably wishes he had heeded following the demise of The Asquith in Edgbaston. Read

Top Birmingham restaurant chef chases Great British Menu title

TOP Birmingham chef Aktar Islam is bidding for a unique TV double as he bids to be a winner in the BBC’s Great British Menu.Read

Paul Gould is the miracle of mass catering

Food critic Richard McComb meets Paul Gould, a chef who isn’t fazed by catering for Biblical numbers of diners.Read

Restaurant Review: Carters of Moseley, in Birmingham

When I say Carters of Moseley offers, quite possibly, the best value Sunday lunch in the city then there’s a fair chance that is what you will find.Read

Why cheese is a matter of import for Glynn Purnell

Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell is championing the credentials of British cheese. Roz Laws spoke to him.Read

Katie Jones is living the dream

Having spent 17 years as the export director of a giant Languedoc wine co-operative, Katie Jones decided to become a vigneron in her own right.Read