Food & Drink

The last days of Brick Lane
How Covid-19 is hastening the death of the British curry.

By Anoosh Chakelian
31 July
The politics of the spice rack: habanero pepper
Each jar and packet in the kitchen is part of a wider story, involving geography, culture and politics.

By Stephen Bush
24 July
“Existential crisis”: how Covid-19 exposed the meat industry’s abuses
As the pandemic has swept the globe, it has passed with particular virulence through the world’s meat-packing plants.

By India Bourke
24 July
The politics of the spice rack: cayenne pepper
Each jar and packet in the kitchen is part of a wider story, involving geography, culture and politics.

By Stephen Bush
11 July
The politics of the spice rack: Sichuan pepper
Each jar and packet in the kitchen is part of a wider story, involving geography, culture and politics.

By Stephen Bush and David Taylor
28 June
In times of sickness, we turn to food for comfort, prevention and cure
From vinegar to garlicky milk, during past pandemics recipes were prescribed as potential remedies

By Felicity Cloake
27 May

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