Food writer: Life is full of sweet and sour
By Ella Walker Author of new cookbook Bitter Honey, Letitia Clark has lived in Sardinia for almost three years. Her initial plan was to become...
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What’s eaten where: Lhasa City
Right up at the roof of the world lies Lhasa, a district best known for its capital, Lhasa City: the Place Of The Gods. Here,...
From seed to plate
Fresh, local and seasonal. Sounds like the chef’s special. But these are the watchwords of a new local venture that specialises in matching earth-friendly farmers...
That daily tea habit really is boosting your health
By Lisa Salmon Britain’s Tea Advisory Panel (TAP) has found 80 per cent of people say tea provides relief from daily problems and stresses. TAP...
Are you part of the chicken wing cult?
There’s something immensely tactile about eating chicken wings. The deep orange of Buffalo sauce streaking your forearms, nubbly, crispy bits of fried coating to nibble...
Whats Eaten Where: Western Australia
Lamb chops and lupins? Yup, this is the official dish of Western Australia. And if you’re pretty sure a lupin is something to do with...
Eight rules for maintaining proper nutrition during quarantine
Many people ask why should they have to eat healthily with the ongoing pandemic? Shouldn’t we just wait it out at home? These are all...
Whats Eaten Where: Manila
Right at the other end of the isolation scale than how we have been existing for the last few weeks we’ve got the conurbation of...
Ainsley Harriott: ‘The Med felt close to home’
By Lauren Taylor Has there ever been a happier man on TV? Ainsley Harriott, with his broad smile and infectious laugh, was a mainstay in...
What’s Eaten Where: Nunavut
Nunavut is Canada’s newest, largest, coldest, most isolated territory; a place where superlatives reign, and extremes are the norm. About as far removed from Cyprus...
The rise of bread making
My house has never smelled better. The scent of cakes, brownies, chocolate chip cookies and banana bread wafting through the house as lockdown seems to...
Palestinian cuisine: ‘you don’t cook for two people, you cook for 20’
By Ella Walker Falastin is as much a portal to a place as it is a cookbook. “In this part of the world, unfortunately, everything...
What’s eaten where: Socotra
It may be just 240km east of Somalia and 380km south of the Arabian Peninsula, but Socotra is still considered one of the most isolated...
James Martin: I don’t think we appreciate what’s on our doorstep
By Ella Walker Right now, none of us is able to explore the far reaches of our own town, let alone the far reaches of...
What’s eaten where: Ittoqqortoormiit
Continuing our theme of ‘isolated and loving it’, this week we’ve plumped for an almost unpronounceable town on the eastern shores of Greenland. Once known...
Getting through lockdown with local wines
Indulging in high quality Cypriot and Greek wines is one way Despina Tilemachou is getting through the lockdown, each day discovering the textures and tastes...
Important not to take food for granted
By Lauren Taylor Many of us probably eat ‘botanical’ ingredients all the time – but how much attention do we really pay to them? We’re...
What’s eaten where: New Caledonia
food and drinkWe’re keeping up the topical isolation theme with New Caledonia, a French overseas territory smack bang in the middle of the Pacific! This...
Home cooked Japanese goes vegan
By Ella Walker You’d think ramen wouldn’t work without a golden yolked egg, snugly suspended in the rich Japanese broth atop a tangle of noodles....
What’s eaten where: Tristan De Cunha
Welcome to the world’s most isolated community! Yup, if you’re one of the just 251 people living in the British Overseas territory of Tristan de...
