Food & Drink - Hackney Citizen (Page 11)

Carte Blanche, Hackney Central, restaurant review: a meal of two halves

Our reviewer was wowed by the sides and curios on offer at this new Mare Street restaurant – but the chicken and caviar was a bridge too far

Author: Andrew Barnes

Carte Blanche, Hackney Central, restaurant review: a meal of two halves

‘Deities, not dinner’: Hackney and a plant-based past

Our resident food historian Gillian Riley points out that the vivid, varied vegan food we can now enjoy around the borough is rooted in traditions from hundreds of years ago

Author: Hackney Citizen

Joris Hoefnagel’s illumination of a caterpillar, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta (c. 1561)

Picnicking on petals: the history of edible flowers in Hackney

“The time has come to brighten up our food with cheerful blossoms,” says our resident food historian Gillian Riley, who this month looks into Hackney’s role in the development of consumable blooms…

Author: Hackney Citizen

Abraham Mignon's Bouquet with cat and mousetrap (c. 1670). Image: Wikimedia Commons

‘The Empire was a commonwealth of recipes…Britain was fortunate in having access to many of them’

With Windrush in mind, our resident food historian considers the folly, from a culinary angle and otherwise, of the idea of vital ingredients ‘going back where they came from’…

Author: Hackney Citizen

Detail from Adriaen Coorte’s Strawberries Mauritshuis (1696). Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Pamela, Dalston, restaurant review: Asian-inspired vegan menu with no Ayres and graces

The Kingsland Road bar that honours all the world’s Pams has seen a selection of famous London pop-ups pass through their kitchen. Now, they’ve set out their own stall

Author: Andrew Barnes

Slate grey and sumptuous: the peanut and sesame ice cream at Pamela

Goose Island Brewery in hunt for local beer talent as new Shoreditch brewpub given summer opening date

The Chicago-based sud-slingers – who produce Barack Obama’s favourite pint – have some perks in store for their new brewmaster, who’ll work at their first East London haunt

Author: Hackney Citizen

Goose chase: the Chicago firm's new brewpub will open its doors in Shoreditch in late summer this year

Open Geffrye: Museum of the Home pauses closure for Chelsea Fringe and cheese events

While the museum itself remains closed, Chelsea Fringe at the Geffrye and The London Cheese Project both touch down in the front gardens next month

Author: Andrew Barnes

Garden variety: events of both a horticultural and gastronomical nature will be held at the immaculate Geffrye gardens in May

Where have you bean? Gillian Riley with more on legumes, seeds and all manner of other pulchritudinous pods

Our beloved food historian hits us with an update of last month’s broad (bean) overview, featuring some localised info for Hackney citizens

Author: Hackney Citizen

Still life of fruit, vegetables and roses (Natura morta di frutta, ortaggi e rose) by Vincenzo Campi

Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen, food review: London Fields cinema gets a taste of West Africa

The Institute of Light on Helmsley Place has a new pop-up that offers “traditional Ghanaian recipes remixed for the modern kitchen”

Author: Andrew Barnes

"A platter kinda thing going on": some of the food on offer at Zoe's Ghana Kitchen at the Institute of Light

Shep’s, Dalston, restaurant review: Kingsland Road mavericks of Korean cuisine deliver exquisite Seoul food

Our reviewer was entranced by pretty much everything this new addition to Dalston had to offer – the food, weird and wonderful drinks pairings, even the music

Author: Andrew Barnes

Shepherd's delight: the pork donkkaseu sandwich and the XO noodles at Shep's. Photographs: Jade King

Homerton International Festival of Beer & Bar Snacks coming to The Adam & Eve

Smoking Goat will be on the BBQ, Nadine Shah and Anna Prior of Metronomy on the decks and, of course, there’ll be snacks galore over this Easter weekend at the Homerton pub

Author: Hackney Citizen

Homerton International Festival of Beer and Bar Snacks coming to The Adam & Eve

Beans, pulses, nuts, peas and seeds: it’s the little things

Our resident food historian takes a historical view of the newly ‘rehabilitated’ ingredients. Whether scrubbed, peeled or dried, these versatile morsels are more than meets the eye

Author: Hackney Citizen

'Mature': detail from Giovanna Garzoni’s Plate of Peas (1651-62). All images: Wikimedia Commons