wrote about super 8 - the group behind smoking goat, kiln, brat and mountain, and arguably the most influential restaurant group in the country right now - and whether it’s new restaurant impala can escape the template of being just another ‘super 8 restaurant’ www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/same-impala

diabolically good headline for today's @vittles.bsky.social restaurant review that could apply to either institution cited www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/same-impala

I’ve spent the last year investigating how the UK's broken employment tribunal system lets rogue bosses evade justice. But this is the craziest case,by far. A restaurant chain that lost 21 tribunal claims over several years, yet never paid a single one🧵 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

We were lucky enough to partner with the UK's best food publication @vittles.bsky.social for this investigation. Here's their version of the story: open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Hello friends. I wrote a piece about martinis and my late father for Vittles. Hope ya dig it 🍸🫀 substack.com/@vittles/not...

This, from the great @vittles.bsky.social, is a fascinating read: open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Thus is a brilliant piece of writing. People ask me where labour history writing is. It's in journals like this.

Jamie Oliver and the British food problem www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/bad-people...

Terrific @vittles.bsky.social series on UK Chinatowns - here, a smart article on how Chinese students in the UK have transformed them www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-new-ch... - for a delicious spin on UKHE, for a change

The @vittles.bsky.social Chinatown project I guest-edited is out! No other neighbourhood has undergone a greater transformation. We have essays on who Chinatown is for? Have students reshaped UK food culture? And ofc a bumper guide on the best places to eat: www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...

Reading my new essay — on mould, eating disorders, and Trans Kids Deserve Better — at the @vittles.bsky.social issue two (Bad Food) launch tonight at Horse Hospital.

I was very glad to be asked by @vittles.bsky.social to contribute to this weekend’s Six of One - Myanmar Special. I did so for two main reasons www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/six-of-one... (1/2)

Fascinating essay on *why* some cultures are terrified of reheating rice and others just...do it every day. The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood

Really enjoyed this rice-reheating odyssey from @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/grain-of-t... #food #writing #history #scicomm

I simply love to be able to commission essays like @luketurner.bsky.social piece on 'ratting' – a perverse eating practice he developed working in restaurants at the turn of the millenium. Illustration by Antoine Cossé In today's @vittles.bsky.social (free) www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/i-once-ate...

I've written about how my troubled relationship with food was helped by "ratting" – the decadent habit of restaurant staff scarfing customers' abandoned food, and one that gives a thrill in the domestic kitchen. The ratter, you see, is hornier than most... www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/i-once-ate...

Sex and food at the LRB Bookshop with a discussion by writers Sheena Patel and Lauren J Joseph whose work is in the new issue of @vittles.bsky.social magazine! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vittles-2-...

A fun read from @vittles.bsky.social to start the week.

My latest piece for @vittles.bsky.social I hope others can relate! open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

london is one of the greatest food cities in the world. for the last few years, i’ve been writing this for @vittles.bsky.social: a guide to everything interesting about eating in london right now, from fine dining to diaspora restaurants. i hope you enjoy it! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...

This was *delicious* when I had it earlier this year – if you are after a weekend baking project, I highly recommend Chloe's mushroom stroganoff focaccia ! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/chloe-rose... @vittles.bsky.social

Vittles magazine has an interview with me discussing the Michelin Guide in their latest edition (on Substack or by print subscription at £45 a year).

My new essay on mould, disorder, and trans life in the UK is out now in issue two of @vittles.bsky.social : www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-is...

Gift Guide is out! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-ch...

Screaming, crying, throwing up open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

An excellent piece in @vittles.bsky.social by one of our recent @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social Writing graduates, Mariam Abdel-Razek.

Such a good piece up today on @vittles.bsky.social by Mariam Abdel-Razek (and incred illustration by Sing Yun Lee, too) www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-myth-o...

This . From @vittles.bsky.social . Is bloody great. Adding tongue emojis for emphasis. 👅👅👅👅👅🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

For @vittles.bsky.social, I wrote about what happens food photography - a practice steeped in stagecraft - meets the synthetic horrors of AI images. Gorgeous original illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/you-want-t...

Extremely proud to have contributed to @vittles.bsky.social 'Six of the Best' South South East London Special and cracking up to discover that *two* of our recommendations are on the exact same road. Out today! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/is-there-a...

"Beef Wellington is a dish designed to dazzle and comfort at once. It offered the perfect cover for Patterson’s plan, dressing intent to kill in the flaky drapery of a culinary showstopper." —Aaron Timms for @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/death-by-d...

Hanna Thomas Uose on complex PTSD and finding a way to cook without knives in today's @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/soft-cooking

Perfect example of why I recommend @vittles.bsky.social to so many ppl. This kind of roving thoughtful exploration of the edges of a topic-historical/social connections you'd never make yourself-models the kind of piece I love to read (& ideally write) (also feeds my obsession w/Aus food TV MKR4Eva)

Fascinating @vittles.bsky.social on the murder by Beef Wellington in Oz: “We don’t know whether Patterson is a fan of MasterChef, but all murders reflect culture back to itself." www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/death-by-d...

Wrote a bit about Bad Customers for @vittles.bsky.social! You need a paid sub I think but you should probably have one anyway open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

Fantastic little vignette about Glinner from today's @vittles.bsky.social newsletter (I highly recommend subscribing btw, if you're in any way interested in food).

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...