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Food & Drink

Stars align at the Empress

Michelin-rated Elliott Lidstone brings inventive modern European cooking to Hackney’s Victoria Park



Feel XO-nerated upstairs at XOYO

A newly transformed space at an established Shoreditch venue provides a refreshingly comfortable social experience



Eat yourself fitter with Honey Drizzle cooking school

Hoxton cooking school combines gourmet lessons with fitness and weight loss advice



Something fishy in Hackney

Hackney Friends of the Earth investigate the availability of sustainably-sourced fish in the borough



Living the life of Riley’s

New bar and social club to open in Clapton



Hackney Homemade Market is a hit with foodies

Weekly event offers delicious ready-to-eat food and stalls selling fruit and veg, meat, bread and cakes



The Strongroom Bar and Kitchen – review

This Shoreditch recording studio restaurant is a chart topper



Goodbye soggy chips: the rise and rise of Hackney street food

Forget synthetic hot-dogs and processed burgers – road-side grub is going gastro, and a new breed of on-the-move chefs are transforming what we eat after a night on the lash



Supermarkets can be bad for your health, warns Stoke Newington pharmacist

‘Ready meals’ and processed foods from big stores may be neither cheaper nor healthier, says pharmacist Dilip Chauhan



Turning over a new loaf at e5 Bakehouse

The Citizen visits e5 Bakehouse to find freshly baked bread in London Fields