“Good cooking takes time and sacrifice; good Pakistani cooking takes much, much more.” An essay on generational differences and Eid.
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A ghost inside can make Scorpio and Taurus very happy’ is about love and connection, making jokes and making a cake, a delicious chocolate cake that has, surprise surprise, a ...
An East-Meets-West couple squabbles and falls in love over food Continue Reading FUSION
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Luke de Castro reveals the sinister side of baking… Continue Reading My Batter is Thick
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A disturbing tale of one man’s obsession with an unusual snack… Continue Reading Finger Food
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A man observes the guests at an afternoon party. Continue Reading Ginger in the Sauce
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In Ireland, stout is far more than just a drink. Since the eighteenth century, the fortunes of its people have run hand-in-hand with that of its brewing industry. ...
The great British roast is seen as a tradition from time immemorial – but in reality most Britons could not afford meat prior to the Industrial Revolution. ...
Our food writer Concepta Cassar is what Lorna Bunyard once referred to as “a confirmed toadstool eater”. But why have her fellow Britons not followed suit? Continue Reading ...
In his out-of-print classic, The Epicure’s Companion, food writer Edward Bunyard said: “The most depressing sign of these days is the placid acceptance of the second-rate.” Sadly, when it comes ...
After sunset, she multiplied and subtracted, structured her existence. She likes the feel of numbers, she can smell them as she counts, taste their shape. In the dark, she weighs ...
Concepta Cassar is number 321 out of 690 in her local waiting list for an allotment. Access to land is a right endangered by profit – as the likes of ...
In her latest food column, Concepta Cassar argues that we should embrace foraging to restore our intimacy with the wild. Continue Reading Food For Thought: The ...
Whatever the outcome of the general election, the rise of food banks is a tragic legacy of the coalition government. An early 19th-century dispute between population theorist Thomas Malthus and ...
In his seminal 1580 essay Des Cannibales, Michel de Montaigne criticised “fruit which we have artificially perverted”. Concepta Cassar looks at the relevance of this in the light of today’s ...
On the synaesthesia of aroma and art in the Herrera-Harfuch collection. Continue Reading The Herrera-Harfuch Art Collection
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“Maybe ‘no means no’ wasn’t a thing yet, because my mouth was about to get raped by an artichoke. My dad walked around the table and tried again to push ...
This blog series has been about my discovery of UK culture, but this particular article is inspired by a recent trip home to the States – a trip that showed ...
Aslan apple and almond slice, Fluffy Lucy lemon tart, Peter and the Professor peach tiramisu, white raspberry witches hat, Brownie wardrobe to Narnia… If you were mesmerised by C. S. Lewis’ ...
It was the enigmatic murmur of a “Bacchanal Brew” on the menu that first intrigued me. A three-course meal based on Donna Tartt’s hugely successful 1992 ...