"wines for summer" news and stories

The July issue of the Observer Food Monthly. If you like long lists then you will enjoy this issue.

• The Taste of Summer Special details the top five restaurants and eateries - Top five seafood Top five British Top five chic eats Top five beach shacks Top five by the seaside Top five curries Top five in Scotland Top five in Manhattan Top five Chinese Top five tapas Top five meat Top five sushi Top five in Cornwall
• Recipe wise Nigel Slater goes for Mango Fool, Meringues with Summer Berries, Goats Cheese and Cherries (a combination I have not encountered before) and Pistachio and Blackcurrant Trifle.
• There is an interview with Morgan Freeman who has moved to a nondescript town in Mississippi
• More childhood memories from Nigel Slater (how does he remember all this stuff? obviously didn't do enough drugs during his teenage years)
• A fascinating article on Tea in China - in Shanghai alone there are now 47 Starbucks
• Tim Atkin reviews 37 wines for summer (another list)