I was beyond excited when the author of the new biography of Gertrude Stein, Francesca Wade, said she'd like to write about Alice B. Toklas for @vittles.bsky.social – and her essay is out today! Illustration by Ella Bucknall. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-alice-...

A great dispatch from NYC in @vittles.bsky.social today about the role of small food businesses in Zohran Mamdani's campaigns – here's hoping some UK politicians take note... www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/how-did-zo...

Issue two of @vittles.bsky.social in PRINT now available to pre-order! It has the theme of BAD FOOD and is gross and gorgeous and packed full of incredible writing and illustrations vittlesmagazine.myshopify.com/products/vit...

Today’s newsletter is an investigation by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob into the expansion of Gail’s, and how it relies on low-paid migrant workers (particularly from Gujarat) to sustain its rate of growth. Thank you to every Gail’s worker who talked to us. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...

Today’s newsletter is an investigation by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob into the expansion of Gail’s, and how it relies on low-paid migrant workers (particularly from Gujarat) to sustain its rate of growth. Thank you to every Gail’s worker who talked to us. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...

This @vittles.bsky.social article by Eli Davies is a lovely piece of writing www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/this-pot-i...

I love this piece by @elidavies.bsky.social in today's @vittles.bsky.social (free to read) featuring @nigelslater.bsky.social beloved lentils and a well-travelled pot www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/this-pot-i...

This story - see also @londoncentric.media - is really upsetting and just awful. I emailed Neil Coyle MP just now to urge him to intervene - so should YOU.

Per @vittles.bsky.social on the superb restaurant threatened with closure in Elephant & Castle, #London: Latin Elephant is organising a public protest & creating a template for residents to email MPs & Council to urge scrutiny of what’s happening at Castle Square open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Sharing some recipes in today’s @vittles.bsky.social 😈 If you were horrified by Iga Świątek’s strawberry pasta, you’re not ready for this one. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/cooking-fr...

Marta Zboralska on a dish she loves but which many people hate – fruit soup – and recipes for cooking from the polski sklep on @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/cooking-fr...

for @vittles.bsky.social, i wrote on the joys of lentils via two recipes for making sundal, which is a dish that dares to be categorised into one thing but is actually many things – think beyond dal! this is my urging to you

Late to the party, here, but loving the @vittles.bsky.social podcast about the lost food, restaurants and culture of Soho. The 2012 Olympics and Covid amongst the things to blame. A love letter to the much-missed Dionysus at the start. open.spotify.com/episode/6Awn...

Great to see this piece in Vittles on how exploited Filipino domestic workers find solace in London's Earl's Court. This kind of insight shows how the UK's immigration rules impact every fibre of society, from who runs the kitchen to who sits at the table. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/every-fili...

a piece i have been wanting to write for years about the importance of earl's court to london's filipino migrant community -- especially domestic workers read it here on @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/every-fili...

Today's Vittles is centred on 'mom-and-pop' joints - family-run eateries and takeaways. I wrote about Shrinath, a little Gujarati grocery shop in Swiss Cottage I've wanted to shout about since I accidentally discovered it a few months back; it sells homemade snacks. open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Pessoal, tava agoniadissima querendo contar, mas agora já posso: juntei minha paixão por comida e jornalismo e agora tô contribuindo para a revista de gastronomia Vittles Segue link do meu primeiro texto: www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/where-to-f...

Wonderful post comparing what Rukmini Iyer makes for her kids with what they'll actually eat on @vittles.bsky.social: www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-things...

Was pleased to contribute to the @vittles.bsky.social Vittles Kids special in a couple of different ways www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-ki...

This is such a poignant, eye-opening and brilliantly written piece by Laura Goodman on her family's experience of food allergy. Part of @vittles.bsky.social's special new series on children and food.👇 open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Kudos + thanks @vittles.bsky.social for carrying this powerful and accurate essay about the reality of parenting and feeding children with allergies. Do I wish I could just shove an omelette in front of them? Sure. It’s not the bit that leaves me strung out. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/that-must-...

Four allergy-friendly recipes from Rukmini Iyer and some very sage advice on catering a children's party in today's @vittles.bsky.social ! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/rukmini-iy...

Illustrator of Rukmini Iyer's piece for @vittles.bsky.social Lizzy Stewart is making Giclee prints of her beautiful image and all profits to go to The Sameer Project to raise money for Gaza lizzystewart.bigcartel.com/product/pre-...

Today on @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-ki...

Very fun piece in @vittles.bsky.social today! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/diary-of-a...

Incredible menu of Malaysian Chinese dishes by Siqi Chong in today's @vittles.bsky.social cooking www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/three-dish...

My first full-length single restaurant review for @vittles.bsky.social is out today, about a Nashville-themed country bar in Chiswick that imports the only USDA beef rib in London and hired a chef from New Orleans, and thus makes actually good barbecue www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/does-londo...

A beautiful recipe for a DIY wedding cake in today’s @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/torta-amor...

vital links between food production and fascism in britain made in @vittles.bsky.social this morning — including labour's renewal of the seasonal worker scheme which could be in violation of intl. human rights law. food sovereignty and land justice now!

“Given that the majority of the general population supports British farmers, the vision of the farmer that Clarkson wants to paint – as a hard-grafting, common-sense, anti-woke Volk – could lay some of the groundwork to enable a home-grown British fascism to take root.” substack.com/home/post/p-...

I wrote this piece for Vittles exploring Jeremy Clarkson, Reform, farmers' protests, the far right, conspiracy theory and the agrarian left. I argue that it's impossible to separate Clarkson the entertainer with Clarkson the (far right) political agitator. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/blood-soil...

My latest for @vittles.bsky.social today, the story of struggling with anxiety during the pandemic and turning that into, absurdly, getting a chef's accreditation over a full year's cooking course www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/stress-rel...

Wrote for Vittles about Irish cuisine in London - our ambivalent relationship to our own food, the Yellow Bittern, the Devonshire, posh chicken fillet rolls, deep-fried rabbit, the Blaskets diet and being a country of Europe instead of Britain's mirror. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/trial-and-...

Doubled up with @vittles.bsky.social

I'd really like you to read this landmark investigation for @vittles.bsky.social on curry awards. "I haven't been so entertained editing something in a long time" @jonathandnunn.bsky.social said www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-curry-...

My copy of @vittles.bsky.social landed; what a mighty achievement and a stunning collective of brilliant writers — including Sanam Maher & @angelahui.bsky.social Very much thoroughly impressed — as far as new publications go — can't wait to dig into this today, folks: www.vittlesmagazine.com

In print at last @vittles.bsky.social

This just arrived. Weekend reading in the garden sorted. @vittles.bsky.social

Oh, she's a beaut @vittles.bsky.social

Three Irish soda bread recipes by Katie Smith on @vittles.bsky.social today! I baked two at the weekend - soda farls, and the Guinness bread, and both were SO good I am going to make both again immediately ! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/three-iris...

Great Vittles article on the commodification of Korean food in the UK & around the globe (& a call for 밥상 appreciation): "In the case of Korean food, this journey was curated by Hallyu and a set of hungry corporations, on a compressed timeline of about twenty years" open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

In a rare double-publication day for the Phillips household, Siobhan has a great piece in Vittles on restaurant cookbooks

Really enjoyed this @vittles.bsky.social piece on the beguiling nonsense that is the restaurant cookbook: open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Great essay by Siobhan Phillips weighing up the contradictions and pleasures of restaurant cookbooks on @vittles.bsky.social today www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-parado...

Fantastic feature on the rise of Korean culture - and specifically food - in the latest @vittles.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...