British cuisine
It's Friday, February 8, and We Want to Drunk-Eat the New Guns 'N Roses Cheese
Plus, read a recently published George Orwell essay dissing British food.
What Happens When Three Japanese Chefs Are Let Loose in a Classic British Restaurant
When Atsushi Tanaka, Hideki Nishi, and Ryuji Teshima flew in from their respective Parisian eateries to cook at London’s The Clove Club, it led to an evening of globally inspired food. And meringue cigars.
This Book Tells You Everywhere You Need to Eat in East London
Compiling recipes and anecdotes from Michelin-starred restaurants to local cafes and Turkish joints, East London Food by Rosie Birkett celebrates the area’s diverse dining scene.
Make Margot Henderson’s Offally Good Lamb’s Tongue with Greens
This tongue-twisting dish from Rochelle Canteen will convert even the most offal averse.
Here's Everything You Missed in the MUNCHIES Guide to British Food
Every day this week, we’ve been sipping, crunching, oyster-shucking, and drunk-ordering our way through the eclectic world of British food.
Keith Floyd Changed My Life
Every recipe was the same, and none of the dishes ever looked that edible, but Keith Floyd—broadcaster, bon vivant, born entertainer—changed my life.
Meet the Regulars at One of London’s Oldest Pie and Mash Shops
F. Cooke pie shop in London has been serving homemade pie, mash, and parsley liquor for generations. “Loads of customers still come in a few days a week,” says owner Joseph Cooke. “We have some in their 90s.”
What Visitors to the UK Really Think of British Food
Over-boiled vegetables, deep-fried Mars bars, chips. To figure out what went wrong with Britain’s food rep, we tracked down recent visitors to the UK and asked what they really think of our country’s cuisine.
How Margot Henderson Learned to Love 'Plain' British Food
British food’s plainness is its brilliance. Food that has a giving unctuousness, food that is cooked with love and also gives love—massaging you from the inside out.
How to Judge a Good Chippy According to Britain’s Longest-Serving Fish and Chip Inspector
I joined Michael Pili, the longest-serving judge of the Seafish Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award, for a day’s secret inspection of a London chippy. “I go in eyes open, open mind, and record everything,” he tells me.
Inside the Hotel Restaurant That Could Win Back Manchester’s Michelin Star
London has 80 Michelin-starred restaurants, Birmingham five, but Manchester? Zero. Chef Simon Rogan aims to change all that by winning hotel restaurant The French back the star it was stripped of in 2007 with a new kind of fine dining.
Martin Parr Doesn't Mind If You Instagram Your Lunch
Waxy sausages, tinned vegetables, white bread: iconic British artist Martin Parr's photos are the antithesis of your carefully arranged avo on toast shot. We met over steak and chips to ask what he makes of the #foodporn proliferating social media.