Cornbread and other activities
Our resident food historian leads us on a journey through the maize
Food & Drink
Anju, Well Street, restaurant review: ‘Inventive, delicious taste of Seoul’
Chef Taewoo Kim serves up fresh takes on his childhood favourites from his new long-term residency at The Gun
Peas and love
Our resident food historian in praise of the ‘delicious, disruptive, ubiquitous, versatile’ chickpea
Lele’s, Lower Clapton, food review: ‘A cheery vegan oasis’
The ‘sheer joy’ on offer at chef-owner Valentina Fois’ cafe has proved such a hit that she’s opened a second spot in Dalston this month
Island Social Club, Haggerston: ‘Soul-lifting celebration of Caribbean culture’
Chef Marie Mitchell and drinks specialist Joseph Pilgrim’s year-long residency at Curio Cabal is one you would be ‘mad to miss’
Feast from the East
Our food historian brings us more on the Siberian and Ukrainian delights shown off at June’s Stoke Newington Literary Festival, and says farewell to a local favourite
Death by Pizza, London Fields: ‘Vegan pizza good enough for an Italian grandmother’
Young Vegans, who run a pie and mash shop in Camden, bring their latest venture to Hackney – and it’s ‘definitely worth a visit’
Harlem Soul, Old Street, food review: ‘A taste of New York without the faff of a flight’
This ‘celebration of urban America in London’ hits all the right notes
Mao Chow, Mare Street, food review: ‘Tempting for even the biggest vegan-sceptic’
Julian Denis offers up intimate, animal-free feasts from his new, permanent base near London Fields
Flamboree, Old Street, food review: ‘Contemporary spin on an Alsatian classic’
This new tarte flambée restaurant is a ‘welcome departure’ from Old Street’s more expensive spots
Angelina, Dalston, food review: ‘Ambitious vision’
The new Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant is ‘well worth a visit’
Homerton International Festival of Beer & Bar Snacks returns to The Adam & Eve this Easter
Rockadollar, What The Fattoush and White Men Can’t Jerk provide their take on the humble bar snack
Palm reading: Gillian Riley on coconuts
Our resident food historian on the well-travelled drupe, cocos nucifera
EartH Kitchen, Dalston, food review: ‘Twists on brasserie classics’
The restaurant attached to Hackney’s new arts venue is ‘brimming with potential’