Fancy comfort

It was quiet when we went for lunch at The Peacock in Chelsworth, on a friend’s recommendation. However, I definitely … More

For the bakers

I’m fortunate enough to be closely related to someone (my mum) who is something of an authority on the state … More

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