Food in Art – book review: a peek inside the great larder of art history
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at gastronomy in art down the centuries in her new highly illustrated book
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Holy mole! Gillian Riley cooks up a Mexican feast
Food historian Gillian Riley finds that East London is as good a place as any to have a fiesta – Mexican style
Absolutely pho-bulous food from Hanoi by way of Shoreditch
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at the provenance of Vietnamese food and offers recipes and tips on how to make it at home
Having an Ethiopian feast in Hackney
Gillian Riley discovers the unique culinary heritage of Africa’s oldest independent country
Ethiopian food comes Haile recommended
Food historian Gillian Riley discovers the unique culinary heritage of Africa’s oldest independent country
Do your wurst: tucking in to the breakfast of centurions
From Roman warriors’ snacks to the designer links of the modern age, Gillian Riley tracks the many lives of the sausage
Gillian Riley on sausages – the breakfast of centurions
From Roman warrior snacks to Hackney’s designer links, food historian Gillian Riley tracks the many lives of the sausage
Inside two Hackney salmon smokeries
Gillian Riley visits two smokehouses and finds the best smoked salmon
From Anatolia to Kingsland Road: Turkish cooking for the soul
Gillian Riley goes back centuries to discover the spiritual origins of Turkish barbecue
Before Kingsland Road: the history of Turkish barbecue
Gillian Riley goes back centuries to discover the ancient Sufic origins of a local favourite
Panzanella: discovering the pleasures of peasant food
Food historian Gillian Riley shares her version of a Tuscan summer classic
Keep it eel: East End’s original jelly snack
Our food historian explores the story of eels, from 17th century Holland onwards
The curious history of the bagel in East London
Food historian Gillian Riley recounts the curious history of the ‘roll with a hole’ and visits some of East London’s popular bagel bakeries (all in the name of research)
Discovering the delights of the Polish deli: Gillian Riley on the pleasures of a hidden cuisine
Our cooking columnist shares two recipes to illustrate wonders of Eastern European grub
Polish grub puts Eastern European nation in pole position in food stakes
But why are there so few London eateries specialising in the Eastern European cuisine?
Time is nigh for high Gothic feasting, says food historian Gillian Riley
In second of two-part series, writer reminisces about her culinary life