I’m fortunate enough to be closely related to someone (my mum) who is something of an authority on the state … More
Category: Food
Culturing flavour
The world of ‘elite food’ raises certain questions. It would be easy to write off entirely, from a social justice … More
Sharing
Rachel Roddy’s second book is full of anecdotes and recollections, little narrative vignettes about her immediate household, the extended Sicilian … More
A kitchen quadrivium
This book made a big noise on release, and Spouse bought me a copy for Christmas shortly thereafter, which I … More
Eyes the same size as her stomach
Luchie (as illustrator and cartoonist Lucie Bryon likes to call herself) was apparently blessed with extremely large eyes as a … More
Food as illustration
In Western Europe we take holidays on the Mediterranean, we hear about migrants attempting to cross it, we imagine our … More
Enough of a twist
High Georgian ceilings, above vast, perfectly proportioned sash windows, speak to me of cosy home comfort. Wherever I am, if … More
Congenial hubris
Spouse and I first visited The Sheep Heid Inn at the end of a long walk with Spawn, through Holyrood … More
A ritual of sipping and nibbling
I am wearing my new coat. It is a rather jaunty, fashionable coat, but it is also very smart, so … More
The start of a new history?
Roughly as long as my life has had something resembling its present form, I’ve been going to the Angel in … More
A hangover cure in the form of a building
Comfort comes in nostalgia-sized portions, and for the eponymous ‘Mum’ that nostalgia is focussed on the 1970s. This is evident … More
A life lived in the kitchen
I don’t come from anywhere in particular. I’m a Turkish jew with an Italian name on my father’s side, and … More
Slightly scuffed culinary theatre
I know about as much about Japanese food as you can find out about Italian food by eating in Pizza … More
Putting food in its place
A sense of collective memory is crucial to most people’s sense of self; few seem as happy as those who … More
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