food writing

A sensory awakening: the adventures of a cheesemonger

23 August 2025 9:09 am

The high-flying journalist Michael Finnerty takes a break in midlife to learn the art of cheesemaking in Borough Market – and finds himself fleeing a knife-wielding terrorist

When poison is the cure

20 February 2021 9:00 am

Who Poisoned Your Bacon Sandwich?is a much more sophisticated read than its lurid English title suggests. Guillaume Coudray’s book was…

Is British food really still wodges of stodge?

27 April 2019 9:00 am

‘You are what you eat.’ The old phrase always reminds me of Denzil, John Sparkes’s character in the comedy sketch…

The urban peasant diet

10 August 2013 9:00 am

You know that something’s afoot when Lakeland says so. Lakeland is the kitchenware company which has more of a finger…