Free cakes for Hackney kids!
A volunteer group is baking free birthday cakes for the borough’s youngsters
food and drink
Greedy Cow – review
Burgers and other meaty treats are the mainstays of this East London eatery
Hackney food pioneer Growing Communities wins BBC award
Efforts by social enterprise to forge local links with food producers recognised with accolade
Nana launches home-cooked cafe at Clapton pub
The enterprising ‘older ladies’ of NANA have started a café serving up traditional food at affordable prices
Pig’s Ear Beer Festival – ale drink to that!
Beer festival to keep its ales real with local brews
What the Dickens! Great breakfast expectations
Pop-up café at the Reliance pub has a novel approach to the traditional fry-up
Silver Screen Diner – a recipe for success
Movies and meals to complement them are the latest offering for foodie filmheads
Organic farmers become comic book heroes
Hackney social enterprise Growing Communities paint realistic picture of organic Essex farmers in new comic
Dissent on draught at Newington Green
Former sports pub taps into Hackney’s radical past
Report gives Hackney Council food for thought
Hackney comes 27th out of 33 boroughs in this year’s Good Food for London report, scoring just two out of six
Ridley Road Market row – is eating cane rat really any different to eating zebra?
Cane rat meat isn’t the problem – we should be more concerned about regulation
Hackney bakers in bid to win Londoners’ Loaf award
Loaves from E5 Bakehouse and the Spence Bakery have been nominated for London’s favourite loaf of ‘Real Bread’
Tip-top tapas at Trangállan
This charming restaurant on Newington Green is a great antidote to try-hard eateries
Night bites at Street Feast
Street food is no longer simply a daytime phenomenon, as new Hackney night markets prove
Cooking up a treat – League of Meals
League of Meals aims to promote home cooking and tackle food waste among Hackney’s often isolated older residents
Hackney mosque opens doors to offer meals to those in need
Worshippers at the Ramazan-I Serif mosque on Shacklewell Lane are supporting those in poverty by providing cooked meals twice a month