Autumn brings with it so much to feast on: leaves change colours, heat gives way to piercing coldness, and time shrinks into oblivion. The colours change in the kitchen too: from deep red beets and gloriously orange squash and sweet potatoes to hearty apples, pears, and root vegetables. In all, there is a lot of…
There are few emotions like saudade. This Portuguese word indicates the nostalgia and melancholy of something that is no longer there but lives on in memories. But really, it is untranslatable. Yet any person has experienced it if they have walked the streets of Lisbon. In recent years, Portugal’s capital has undergone a cultural and…
Lagos street food is vibrant and abundant: In the right neighbourhood, you can find everything from popular fried and roasted snacks like puff puff and roasted yam, to full blown meals suitable for any time of the day. In this guide, we’re focusing on Lagos mainland. Here are a few of my favourites. Ewa Agoyin…
Both the provenance of this aubergine recipe and the aubergine itself have something in common: they share a serpentine history of origin and lineage. Let me get the recipe out of the way first: this is a mashup of my mother’s recipe for podi kathirikkai (aubergine with a powdered spice mix) which she got from…
When music producer and DJ Yu Su was a child in Kaifeng, China, her grandfather, a dental professor with a passion for cooking, would prepare a different breakfast for her every morning. He served hand-pulled noodles, baozi, and other wheat-based dishes made with produce from his garden, including edible flowers. More unusually for a family…
This photograph has no special story. It’s plums in a bag, a little bit of the end of summer preserved as a reminder of what’s around the corner when it’s coldest. But I remember seeing them in the bag, wondering how the flash might bounce off the folds in the plastic so I snapped it…
This is part two of Lorenzo Villa’s Italian summer on a Vespa. Read Part 1: Riviera Romagnola and Piadina here. Traveling 1000 km on a Vespa can lead to exciting surprises. You are quite free to change the itinerary and decide on-the-spot to continue on to an unplanned destination. This is what happened to us…
Some days call for moderation in eating. Some days call for amends. And there are days, more often than not, when only pure indulgence will do, drawing on reservoirs of pleasure (minus the guilt). For such days, I always make a version of chole (also known as chana masala) or chickpea curry to spoon on…