Gillian Riley - Hackney Citizen

Obituary: Gillian Riley

The food historian, author and Citizen columnist sadly passed away in November at the age of 90

Author: Nick Melliss

‘Hazy renderings of a restrained gastronomy’

Pierre Bonnard’s paintings of simple domesticity belie his diligent and complex method

Author: Gillian Riley

‘Hazy renderings of a restrained gastronomy’

Breaking Bread

Chardin and dough are on the menu as our resident food historian makes a welcome return

Author: Gillian Riley

Yellow on a plate

Our resident food historian transports us to the warm south through colour, Van Gogh and a drop of absinthe

Author: Gillian Riley

Lemongrass

A Dutch master leads our resident food historian deeper into the world of citrus

Author: Gillian Riley

That’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

Author: Gillian Riley

Full 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

Author: Gillian Riley

The 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

Author: Gillian Riley

All 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

Author: Gillian Riley