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FT Magazine Food and Drink editor
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A version of Jean-Georges Vongerichtenâs arroz con pollo. The shards of chicken skin were outrageous. Courtesy of
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at the FT.
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kadhim
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The FT is hiring a correspondent for our Investigations team. Contact me if you want to discuss the role. Deadline is April 12
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Cordelia Jenkins
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As Nathan Newby receives the George medal today for extraordinary bravery, read the amazing story, published in the FT Magazine in December, of how he talked a would-be hospital bomber down. Itâs an astonishing piece of writing from Ravi Somaiya and itâs Free to Read
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âItâs just a bombâ
The true story of two strangers and an extraordinary act of courage
https://www.ft.com/content/cd595e6d-2a5c-4a80-bb28-a792a391b512?shareType=nongift
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In which I reveal myself to be an Angry Local Person who points at potholes
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We should all be playing pothole politics
[FREE TO READ] Living in the âPotswoldsâ has made me one of the Angry Local People pointing at our damaged roads
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Jemima Kelly
11 days ago
I threw a Martha-Stewart-inspired Midnight Omelette Party, managed to get 30 people to come along, was allowed to write 2700 words about it by the brilliant
@harrietfl.ft.com
and it somehow ended up on the front cover of FT Weekend. READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE
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Itâs a beautiful weekend â and for 300 lucky people who click the free link it can begin with reading this absoluyely mad yet undeniably insightful story from todayâs egg-themed magazine. Jemimaâs fever dream brought to life
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Can Jemima Kelly recreate Martha Stewartâs mythic midnight dinner party?
[FREE TO READ] Thirty guests. 111 eggs. A one-bed flat. A fearless host attempts the impossible omelette supper of her dreams
https://as.ft.com/r/2472cb26-a70c-48f9-81f1-aed2f817173c
11 days ago
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I have been let loose on another issue of global import: the rise of onions that wonât make you cry⊠or feel anything at all really
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What do we really gain from no-cry onions?
[FREE TO READ] Frankensteining low-pungency vegetables is popular, but with food the longer way round is often more enjoyable
https://as.ft.com/r/20f60742-49a1-403f-9ae9-6aa9e61ae7f8
15 days ago
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Some great columns this weekend. Here we have Jancis Robinson on an unrelatable but intriguing dilemma: what to do when you have more wine than you have time left to drink it
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What to do when you own more wine than youâll ever drink
[FREE TO READ] A generation of serious collectors are confronting an enviable problem: more bottles than time
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18 days ago
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Forgot my headphones for the train (sad) but turns out the people sat behind me are work colleagues on the brink of affair (or currently affairing - hard to say for sure but the energy is so potent I think not) Who needs podcasts! The world is full of wonders for those with ears to hear them!
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Paul Laity
23 days ago
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Marthaâs rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show
Exclusive: System brought in after death of 13-year-old is helping âtransform cultureâ of NHS, says patient safety director
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/08/marthas-rule-may-have-saved-400-lives-so-far-in-england-figures-show
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This weekâs guest restaurant review is about a cheap chain restaurant in an Abu Dhabi mall. If youâre thinking âthat wonât move me greatlyâ youâd be very wrong!!!
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Notebook, Abu Dhabi: the Keralan chain restaurant where the UAEâs working classes eat
[FREE TO READ] Forget the flash options. This Malayalee mainstay in a mall is your key to the city
https://as.ft.com/r/37cca3fb-561d-4de8-8662-63bcd6101702
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Do you really have something better to be soon with your Sunday than mastering the art of laminated potatoes?
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The winter-defying joy of perfectly layered potatoes
[FREE TO READ] A detailed guide to cooking Dauphinoise, Pommes Anna and other laminated delights
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We have guest restaurant reviewers in for the next three weeks, all in places we might struggle to get
@jayrayner1.bsky.social
to without blowing the full weekend budget. First up, this brilliant piece on how to open a hit restaurant in Ukraine
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Musafir, Kyiv: It takes guts and good generators to run a buzzy restaurant in wartime Ukraine â review
[FREE TO READ] Against all odds, Kyivâs restaurant scene is thriving
https://as.ft.com/r/62ed053a-0a38-4885-be0d-8020b2df1d2d
about 1 month ago
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a swarm of spring bugs
about 1 month ago
Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got
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I had the pleasure (?) of accompanying Jay on this weekendâs review. While I am disappointed he didnât include my incisive attempt at restaurant criticism (âthe loos were really coldâ) itâs nonetheless a very good piece
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âI dont see myself making a Christams in Paradise 2, OK?â FT reporting đ€ a real life Caribbean crime drama - the perfect match
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The man who saw too much
[FREE TO READ] After decades chasing stars and scrambling for financing, Philippe Martinez became an unlikely crusader
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about 1 month ago
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âEverything is copyâ - which to a food editor means if you mention in passing that you really enjoyed your dinner, thereâs a 50/50 chance it will end up on our recipe page. With thanks to
@janinegibson.ft.com
in this case
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Recipe: The FT Weekend editorâs go-to crispy chicken and rice
[FREE TO READ] abc kitchensâ arroz con pollo is a dish that many diners dream of recreating. Now you can
https://as.ft.com/r/b97949b2-6d4d-4526-9183-3274797055a1
about 1 month ago
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This is still less embarrassing than when I bought myself a nice ring Iâd seen my friend wearing - only to discover it was her and her girlfriendâs (matching) engagement ring
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about 1 month ago
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It is a really good film!
about 1 month ago
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It stopped raining for 15 minutes today so I went for a little walk and immediately fell over in the mud. Now I am home, it is raining again and nothing has changed except my clothes are covered in mud.
about 1 month ago
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I have thought about it carefully and decided that, for the sake of my mental health during rainmageddon, Iâm just going to pretend I never read this.
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Are we killing birds with kindness?
[FREE TO READ] New evidence suggests that feeding our feathered friends is spreading disease and diminishing numbers. But stopping seems cruel
https://as.ft.com/r/4e857ae2-3d7e-4f5c-bb97-bbbc95cd66ba
about 1 month ago
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A welcome sighting of the rare, endangered (and sadly no conservation status given) âletâs get a bottleâ lunch
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about 1 month ago
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Janine Gibson
about 2 months ago
You should definitely consider picking up a Weekend FT today, because it's the magazine MAPS special. Radical cartography, maps that changed the world, an FT reader competition that almost started a war, they don't love you like i love you, MAPS!
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Maps remade
An FT Magazine special feature on how to map a changing world
https://www.ft.com/content/efab0a6b-a56d-4943-9459-48cfbea4c69d
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Janine Gibson
about 2 months ago
Is it a tradition? Or is it just what
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did? Is that the same thing?
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Robin Wigglesworth
about 2 months ago
Avengers Assemble II: Even More Avengers; And More Assemblies.
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i can't add much to this without the risk of sounding embarrassingly gushing. safe to say i am delighted that
@nigella.bsky.social
will be joining us, and April can't come soon enough!
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about 2 months ago
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
2 months ago
Reminds me of a very similar bit of training female members of the British secret service were given during WW2: "Don't ask a man who works for their government what's happening. Confidently tell him something you know to be inaccurate, and he will be forced to correct you".
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Do you do a job *in* the hospitality industry? Is there a trend you've noticed on the ground that no one is reporting on yet? Please tell me about it harriet dot fitchlittle at ft dot com and maybe it could become one of our Insider's Notebook pages! Some writing experience necessary
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spare a thought this morning for the part-time tiktok comedians looking bleary eyed on the tube after spending all night perfecting their first dance parody videos. content sleeps for no man.
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Marina O'Loughlin
3 months ago
...and he surprised me in many more ways than just his outfit!
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Josh Gabert-Doyon
3 months ago
Wrote about a new data centre proposed as part of the Truman Brewery redevelopment. Bit of a sub-plot here: a battle between the independent Tower Hamlets mayor and the Labour central government
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Data centre plan provokes anger over future of former Truman Brewery
[FREE TO READ] East London landmark is latest site in capital to be identified for high-tech redevelopment
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kadhim
3 months ago
Only a few days left to apply for the FT's Paul McClean Graduate Trainee programme -- deadline is 23:59pm on 8 January. I can't overstate what a great opportunity it is. Happy to chat if you're wondering about whether to apply.
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Paul McClean Graduate Trainee
London
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtimes33/jobs/4718439101
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J is for January and J is for JOYđ€žââïžđȘ© There's an all-new Appetites special in FTWeekend today and it's full of things to cook during the cold season - including a beautiful colour-coded calendar to last you the entire month. A good day to buy a paper!
www.ft.com/joyofjan
3 months ago
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Very fun Q&A happening right now with
@jayrayner1.bsky.social
@timhayward.bsky.social
and Bee Wilson. Including an unwelcome answers to my question about whether it is ok to leave your Christmas ham out on the side all Christmas.
www.ft.com/content/13dd...
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Submit your questions to Jay Rayner, Tim Hayward and Bee Wilson: What should I cook this festive season?
Take part in a live Q&A with three star FT food writers today at 11am GMT
https://www.ft.com/content/13dd7825-80f2-4d1d-b908-bc7d26289213
3 months ago
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Please tell these three wise food writers what troubles you at Christmas - eg the gymnastics of getting food to the table still hot, the sorrow of dry meat... - and they will give you very good answers.
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3 months ago
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Jemima Kelly
3 months ago
Incredible, intensely moving piece. Astonishing courage from one man, and a very sad ending for another
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âItâs just a bombâ
[FREE TO READ] The true story of two strangers and an extraordinary act of courage
https://as.ft.com/r/74c0df5a-4c21-4f48-a25a-35f3fa9b25f6
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Madison Marriage
4 months ago
If you work in or are interested in education, do give this a read. This investigation is about morals, money and misogyny (at an elite British institution famed for its feminist heritage) and several brave sources risked their careers to speak openly with us:
on.ft.com/3XQUqDD
@antoniacundy.ft.com
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The elite British private school that lost its way in Singapore
Former staff allege bullying, misogyny and safeguarding lapses at the city-state outpost of North London Collegiate School
https://on.ft.com/3XQUqDD
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Janine Gibson
4 months ago
A gorgeous, gorgeous column by
@marinaoloughlin.bsky.social
about delicious food, parenting grown up children and being right. Three subjects very dear to my heart
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Help! My children have got opinions about where to eat
[FREE TO READ] Surely a restaurant critic has earned the right to decide on dinner?
https://as.ft.com/r/e60ecf71-b7a4-4b04-b973-5d7e9bc64286
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
4 months ago
"The Guardian called him a âmysticâ, and Intel execs commissioned a caricature of him as a many-armed deity, each hand clutching fags and pints." An extraordinary profile by Tamlin Magee of his father, Michael, the technology journalist who became a leading figure in British occultism.
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Marina O'Loughlin
4 months ago
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This is SO brilliant: Susie Wiles by Kellyanne Conway; Bad Bunny by Rita Moreno; Nigel Farage by Michael Gove; Zohran Mamdami by Bernie Sanders! WHAT a line-up đđđ
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The FT Influence List 2025
Who are the people who shaped the world this year?
https://www.ft.com/content/420f54c4-404c-475e-982e-ab1a2293aef8
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We've put together a package of all Jancis Robinson's festive wine recommendations for the year. And still two more entries to come!
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Jancis Robinsonâs festive wine recommendations
Her top sparkling, white, rosé and orange wines plus a selection of affordable wines
https://www.ft.com/content/499d5f86-43bb-4f52-93ad-d35c8a51b5e8
4 months ago
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Katie Martin
4 months ago
**FT GRAD SCHEME** applications are now open. Incredible opportunity for young wannabe hacks. Spread the word:
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Financial Times
4 months ago
Legado in Shoreditch takes Best New Opening for 2025 and St John wins the Judge's Choice. Find out who else triumphed at the inaugural FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards, hosted in London by our critic Jay Rayner
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St John and Bouchon Racine among winners at the FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards
Legado in Shoreditch takes Best New Opening for 2025
https://on.ft.com/4ixBlzB
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Janine Gibson
4 months ago
We held the inaugural FT Weekend Business Lunch Awards today at the Cinnamon Club and awarded Bouchon Racine, Luca, The Bull at Charlbury, Legado and St John in front of their peers. This was the ovation for St John from their very finest peers
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It's here! This issue is dedicated to how to do a few festive non-negotiables truly brilliantly. With
@nigella.bsky.social
@jayrayner1.bsky.social
@marinaoloughlin.bsky.social
@timhayward.bsky.social
& more. It's rainy! Go get a paper then get back into bed. Alternatively:
www.ft.com/christmas2025
4 months ago
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Jay Rayner
4 months ago
No review from me today cos itâs the @ft_weekend.com CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, edited by
@harrietfl.ft.com
. Itâs a banger and ever better in print. A top team including
@nigella.bsky.social
@timhayward.bsky.social
@jancisrobinson.com
and, er, me nominate the Christmas food must haves.
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The expertsâ guide to the Christmas food and drink that really matters â and how to get it right
If you could only choose one festive treat, what would it be? Nigella Lawson, Jay Rayner, Jancis Robinson and more share their non-negotiables
https://on.ft.com/4rnR3lb
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A lot of what Skye did - seasonal cooking, eliminating single use plastics, using 'waste' products - is so well integrated into the cooking mainstream that it is easy to forget how pioneering it was. My obituary tries to give some small sense of it
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Skye Gyngell, pioneering chef, 1962-2025
[FREE TO READ] At Petersham Nurseries and Spring, she brought style and beauty to seasonal cooking
https://on.ft.com/4ptDNJF
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Here's the story.
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St Johnâs founders are stepping back. What comes next for the trailblazing nose-to-tail restaurant?
Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver are retiring from day-to-day operations after 31 years
https://on.ft.com/4rd5VT2
4 months ago
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you have absolutely no reason to take a food and drink editor's word for it, but this book is going to be brilliant - in fact that is the word used most often by its many illustrious early readers
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Jay Rayner
5 months ago
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME. Iâm delighted to say a follow up to Nights Out At Home is coming. Iâm delighted to say Nights Out In The Kitchen is published next September and to celebrate Iâm going back out on tour with a brand new show. On priority sale tomorrow and general sale Friday.
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