Gillian Riley

Our resident food historian on Tudor banquets, Mantel, and the two Thomases

Our resident food historian on the rise of veganism

Out with pine needles and in with pineapples as our resident food historian slices into the background of the tropical fruit

Our resident food historian boils down the benefits of a hearty chicken broth

Our resident food historian on how to stave off the cold

Our resident food historian leads us on a journey through the maize

Our resident food historian in praise of the ‘delicious, disruptive, ubiquitous, versatile’ chickpea

Our food historian brings us more on the Siberian and Ukrainian delights shown off at June’s Stoke Newington Literary Festival, and says farewell to a local favourite

Our resident food historian picks out her choice cuts from the culinary delights on offer at last month’s Stoke Newington Literary Festival

Our resident food historian on how to rescue your romanesco

Our resident food historian on late spring’s bounty

Our resident food historian on the flavours of the solstice

Our resident food historian on the well-travelled drupe, cocos nucifera

Our resident food historian cracks open the secrets of our seedy snacks

Digest a few local highlights picked out by our resident food historian

Our resident food historian on the mortal pleasures of this godly fruit

Eskimo diets, venison and sixteenth-century Italian butchery are on the menu this month, courtesy of our beloved food historian

Posts by Gillian Riley

Feast for the eyes

‘Goodness had nothing to with it’

Going Ananas

Souped Up

Winter warmth

Cornbread and other activities

Peas and love

Feast from the East

Buffet of books

Broc and roll

From fast to feast

Sweet spring

Palm reading: Gillian Riley on coconuts

Nutty by nature

Tasty Morsels

Living Dangerously with Pomegranates

Wild courses: Gillian Riley explores the cultural traditions of preparing and eating game