It’s a truth universally acknowledged that in December, life gets in the way. No matter your best-laid plans or your most urgent deadlines, the final month of the year swoops...
I’ve come around to courgettes. I used to find them watery and insipid, a seasonal vegetable that grew in large gluts that were inversely proportional to its deliciousness, but I’m beginning...
From this weekend, we're implementing a small fee if you require a bag while shopping with us. Why are we doing this? We want to reduce the number of bags we go...
Do you have a passion for specialty coffee and an interest in craft beer and natural wine? We're sad to soon be farewelling our Peckham/East Dulwich store manager Nathan, after...
Brighter days are really and truly on their way. I know this not because the weather is either predictable or reliable, but because my cravings are. Gone is the soup...
Last month, I was lucky enough to visit Mexico City for the first time. I promptly fell in love – with the ever-present mist that hung in the air and refracted...
It always struck me as counterintuitive that our New Year falls in the dead of winter, when the world is cold and dormant and the possibility of new growth feels...
The arrival of spring usually makes me a little loopy. It’s not only the warmer temperatures, the scent of blossoms on the air, the blessedly later sunsets. It’s also the new...
Every year, I count down the grim late-winter days, waiting for one of the earliest signifiers of spring: the return of wild garlic season. Much as Real Housewives of Clapton...
A Sunday roast is a special thing – or at least it is for a lot of people. Blame my US upbringing, but I never felt that attached to the...
I think about pozole a lot for someone who doesn’t eat it that often. This soup hails from Mexico and the southern US, and is notable for its starring ingredient:...
I’ve come around on Valentine’s Day. February is short on festive feeling; why not take the opportunity to make a special occasion out of what would otherwise be another grey Wednesday?...
Eight years ago, a friend of a friend invited me to her home and made tostones for me. I watched as she removed the plantains from their thick green peels, fried...
2024 is the year of soup. Don’t just take my word for it; according to the New York Times, soup is being hailed as one of the year’s top nine food...