Margot Henderson
Here's Everything You Missed in the MUNCHIES Guide to British Food
Every day this week, we’ve been sipping, crunching, oyster-shucking, and drunk-ordering our way through the eclectic world of British food.
Crab-Lovers, This Is Your New Favorite Dish
It takes a true badass visionary to make a single dish that combines soft-shell crabs, claw meat, lump meat, and stone crab claw meat with heaps of fresh herbs. A visionary like, say, Margot Henderson.
Dirty Work: Mastering the Art of Spicy Crab with Margot Henderson
"This dish is inspired by a Sri Lankan dish. Fergus and I used to cook this together at French House.”
Crab with Chives, Spring Onions, Mint, and Ginger Recipe
Four kinds of crab + tons of fresh herbs = your best spring dish yet.
How Margot Henderson Learned to Love 'Plain' British Food
British food’s plainness is its brilliance. Food that has a giving unctuousness, food that is cooked with love and also gives love—massaging you from the inside out.
Meet the Cabaret-Dancing Pub Landlady Who Doesn’t Serve Pints
Welcome back to Last Call, where we visit watering holes around the world for life advice from their trusty barkeepers. Today, we meet landlady and former cabaret artist Lesley Lewis at The French House in London.
Your Hot Cross Buns Will Taste Better with Chili
Hot cross buns work with chili because it accentuates all of the spices. With the first mouthful, you think, “That’s not super potent” but by the time you’ve eaten the whole bun, all of those flavours have built up.
Fergus Henderson Has Perfected the Art of All-Day Drinking
St. John founder and cheffing legend Fergus Henderson has a carefully honed drinking regime, starting with a morning Fernet Branca and ending with an “uplifting” gin and tonic.
These Photos of Chefs’ Burned Hands Are the Anti-Food Porn
One London-based photographer has taken portraits of the burned and scarred hands of fifty London chefs like James Lowe and Margot and Fergus Henderson. Feast your eyes on the war wounds behind that brunch you just Instagrammed.
The Sign of a Good Restaurant Involves You Falling off Your Seat
I once broke a glass table in the Paris Bar in Berlin. At the time, I screwed a high chair in next to the table for my baby and then, crack, it broke. A total nightmare, but the staff were really kind and didn’t make a fuss. That’s the first sign of a...
Karaoke and Quail Is a Recipe for the Police
My teenage son was arrested at four AM the other night. I was going to stay at home and cook quail and lentils for everyone, but none of the kids were around so I wound up going out with my husband, Fergus, only to return to my house packed with...
Christmas Has a Dark Side
Christmas is the only holiday that excuses professional chefs from their restaurant kitchens to take time off, relax, and revel in cheerful celebrations with friends and family. But for chefs, Christmas can also have a dark side.