Posts Tagged ‘Gillian Riley’
Obituary: Gillian Riley
The food historian, author and Citizen columnist sadly passed away in November at the age of 90
Read More‘Hazy renderings of a restrained gastronomy’
Pierre Bonnard’s paintings of simple domesticity belie his diligent and complex method
Read MoreBreaking Bread
Chardin and dough are on the menu as our resident food historian makes a welcome return
Read MoreYellow on a plate
Our resident food historian transports us to the warm south through colour, Van Gogh and a drop of absinthe
Read MoreLemongrass
A Dutch master leads our resident food historian deeper into the world of citrus
Read MoreThat’s amaro
Our resident food historian on how, with a bit of love and care, you can lift up the throwaways of citrus fruit – pips, pith, peel and all – to their fresh and bitter best
Read MoreFull of beans
Our resident food historian on all manner of beans, from ‘glorious mush’ to a variety for the dead, and a very talented woman who painted them
Read MoreThe Joys of Sludge
Our resident food historian on beauty in beige, and why ordinary folks in the Middle Ages had it right with their ‘dreary but delicious’ diet
Read MoreAll the fun of the furlough
Our resident food historian takes us through the intrepid legionary’s enforced break, during which he keeps himself busy with sidelines in saffron and fish sauce
Read MoreSusanna’s Manners
Our resident food historian on 17th-century childcare, from high chairs ‘built like battleships’ to ‘fearsome’ baby walkers
Read More‘Goodness had nothing to with it’
Our resident food historian on the rise of veganism
Read MoreGoing Ananas
Out with pine needles and in with pineapples as our resident food historian slices into the background of the tropical fruit
Read MoreSouped Up
Our resident food historian boils down the benefits of a hearty chicken broth
Read MoreWinter warmth
Our resident food historian on how to stave off the cold
Read MoreCornbread and other activities
Our resident food historian leads us on a journey through the maize
Read MorePeas and love
Our resident food historian in praise of the ‘delicious, disruptive, ubiquitous, versatile’ chickpea
Read MoreFeast from the East
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
Read MoreBroc and roll
Our resident food historian on how to rescue your romanesco
Read MoreFrom fast to feast
Our resident food historian on late spring’s bounty
Read MoreSweet spring
Our resident food historian on the flavours of the solstice
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