Monty's Deli - Hackney Citizen

Souped Up

Our resident food historian boils down the benefits of a hearty chicken broth

Author: Gillian Riley

Feast 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

Author: Gillian Riley

All in a pickle: Gillian Riley turns her eye to microbes

Our resident food historian on the ‘busy little critters’ found inside our guts

Author: Hackney Citizen

All in a pickle: Gillian Riley turns her eye to microbes

Wild courses: Gillian Riley explores the cultural traditions of preparing and eating game

Eskimo diets, venison and sixteenth-century Italian butchery are on the menu this month, courtesy of our beloved food historian

Author: Gillian Riley

Wild courses: Gillian Riley explores the cultural traditions of preparing and eating game

Food year resolutions: Gillian Riley on having a spicy start to your New Year

The food historian and writer tips some favourite flavourings, and looks back at some of last year’s food highlights in Hackney

Author: Hackney Citizen

All things nice: detail from Paolo Antonio Barbieri’s The Spice Shop (1637). Image: Wikimedia Commons

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

Author: Hackney Citizen

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

Friday Night Dinner: Monty’s Deli’s new four course Shabbat meal, reviewed

The Hoxton-based Jewish deli has been receiving rave reviews since finally opening a permanent space. Does their new group dinner option – a traditional Friday night dinner of roast chicken and more – live up to expectations?

Author: Hackney Citizen

The full Shabbat dinner at Monty's Deli, laid out on the table. Photograph: Fraser Communications