The king of cakes "Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today" December 23, 2020 Food
Breaking a few eggs "Before anyone had even thought of hen-rehoming as a thing, my mother had become an inadvertent rehomer of escapees from the nearby broiler house" August 28, 2020 Food
Boiled shoes All my culinary life I’ve worked on the principle that when there seems to be nothing left to eat in the house, you can always make soup. That’s because I was brought July 10, 2020 Food
True Grits 'We drove into Breaux Bridge, “the crawfish capital of the world”, and the place was shrouded in an early dusk: it was hurricane season' November 25, 2013 Dispatches·Food
Reader Competition: Design the “Civilisation Cocktail” The winning drink will be served at the inaugural Standpoint salon April 17, 2013 Food·Standpoint News
Hops and Glory The revelation that Obama's White House brewery is using Kentish hops shows America's changing attitudes to cask ale September 25, 2012 Counterpoints·Food
Get Hooked On Oily Fish — Or Else Omega 3s may be overhyped by some of their supporters, but they are vital to our health and wellbeing August 28, 2012 Cosmos·Food·Health
Moderation in (Almost) All Book review of Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table by Cita Stelzer September 27, 2011 Books·Food·History
Adieu to Claret The spiralling cost of Bordeaux means the wine will soon be the preserve of millionaires and wine journalists alone August 24, 2010 Counterpoints·Economy·Food
Bring On the Bugs Is one solution to our current financial quagmire to chow-down on creepy-crawlies? March 19, 2010 Asia·Counterpoints·Food