Food & Drink - Hackney Citizen (Page 13)

Pumpkins are for life, not just for Halloween…

…but, as our resident food historian Gillian Riley spells out in this latest piece, every member of the cucurbit family of fruits is worthy of your attention

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Bartolomeo Bimbi’s The Pumpkin (c. 1650). Image: Wikimedia Commons

Hackney the perfect Petri dish for new vegan burger experiment Doppleganger

We sent a reviewer to take one of the very first London bites of this Cambridge creation – does it live up to the claim that it ‘could be mistaken for meat’? And perhaps more importantly, is it tasty?

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"A carefully planned masterpiece": Doppleganger's Classic burger. Photograph: Jade King

‘We’ve got the homeless of Hackney sick of sourdough!’: Volunteer project dishes up weekly meals for the needy

A spin-off from a project born in the Calais Jungle, Refugee Community Kitchen sets up shop every Thursday outside Hackney Central Library

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Refugee all stars: volunteers range from all walks of Hackney life

Smoking Goat, Shoreditch, restaurant review: ‘like they’ve entered a cheat-code to my heart and stomach’

New Shoreditch restaurant Smoking Goat takes inspiration from Northern Thailand and its culture of aharn glam lao – drinking food

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Comfort-Thai-ble: the “pleasingly bustling and casual” interior of Smoking Goat

Guy Fawkes, garlic and and the Great Pyramids: notes on November in food history

In hiding from Halloween, our resident historian Gillian Riley turns her imagination to Bonfire Night and the transgressive thrills and benefits of so-called ‘Papist’ garlic

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"Back then eating garlic had all the thrills of transgression and identifying with the Other': Lucas van Valckenborch's Winte

Gillian Riley on food history: ‘I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it!’

Leafy greens have a crucial role to play in many global cuisines, from Seoul to the Seine. Gillian Riley leafs through her history and recipe books to make the case for the much-maligned likes of spinach and cabbage

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Detail from The Legend of the Baker of Eeklo by Cornelis van Dalem and Jan van Wechelin. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Hackney Downs Vegan Market to go weekly from this weekend

The free Saturday plant-fest, which attracts thousands to Hackney Downs Studios, is run by popular local blogger Fat Gay Vegan

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Meat-free market: Hackney Downs Studios will now host a weekly vegan smorgasboard. Photograph: Facebook

A ‘gram don’t come for free: Insta ‘influencers’ feed the camera first

Four of East London’s most followed Instagrammers share where to eat and how to show off the best spots

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A ‘gram don’t come for free: Insta ‘influencers’ feed the camera first

Essence Cuisine, Shoreditch, restaurant review: raw and order

This shiny new Shoreditch hangout is part-takeaway salad joint, part-molecular gastronomy café, and 100 per cent meat, dairy, gluten and refined sugar-free. Rabbit food or raving success?

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Essence Cuisine, Shoreditch, restaurant review: raw and order

Walking on eggshells: Gillian Riley on eggs, featuring global recipes and some cracking history

Through the eyes of Gillian Riley’s “always hungry” Roman legionary (who this month is picking up some eggs from Stamford Hill for the journey north), take a tour of the world’s unbeatable eggy dishes

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Diego Velázquez's Vieja friendo huevos (Old Woman Frying Eggs), 1618

Homebrewing: Forest Road brewer gives advice on how to make it WORK

The story of Forest Road Brewing Company’s pale ale WORK began in Pete Brown’s Dalston garden – we bring you his tips on creating your own batches of beautiful beer

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Got the bottle: Forest Road Brewing Co.'s Pete Brown chugs a couple of their pale ales, WORK.

Vegan options: what’s driving the animal product-free takeover of Hackney grub?

The popularity of plant-based foodstuffs in the borough is not just a fashion – we look at the other factors playing a part in the success of the borough’s vegan outlets

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Plant people: proprietors of vegan business Temple of Hackney (Rebecca McGuinness & Pat O’Shea)