MUNCHIES Guide to British Food
This 70-Year-Old Bar Landlady Has Served Pete Doherty, Nuns, and Dock Workers
Welcome back to Last Call, where we visit watering holes to collect life advice from their trusty barkeepers. In a special MUNCHIES Guide to British Food edition, we meet 70-year-old Sandra Esquilant at London's Golden Heart pub.
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.
Jamie Oliver Doesn't Want to Be a Hipster Chef
Original celebrity chef Jamie Oliver might not be as edgy as the tattooed guys on Chef’s Table, but he remains as one of Britain's most popular food personalities.
The MUNCHIES Food Census of Great Britain
MUNCHIES presents the first ever Food Census of Great Britain: a comprehensive mapping of 2016’s key food tribes and what they’re eating.
How to Judge a Good Chippy According to Britain’s Longest-Serving Fish and Chip Inspector
I joined Michael Pili, the longest-serving judge of the Seafish Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award, for a day’s secret inspection of a London chippy. “I go in eyes open, open mind, and record everything,” he tells me.
Inside the Hotel Restaurant That Could Win Back Manchester’s Michelin Star
London has 80 Michelin-starred restaurants, Birmingham five, but Manchester? Zero. Chef Simon Rogan aims to change all that by winning hotel restaurant The French back the star it was stripped of in 2007 with a new kind of fine dining.
Martin Parr Doesn't Mind If You Instagram Your Lunch
Waxy sausages, tinned vegetables, white bread: iconic British artist Martin Parr's photos are the antithesis of your carefully arranged avo on toast shot. We met over steak and chips to ask what he makes of the #foodporn proliferating social media.
This Is Why Britain Loves Nando's So Much
Out of the 1,094 Nando’s in the world, a third are in the UK and British icons as disparate as Prince Harry and David Haye are fans. But how did a mediocre fried chicken chain make such a dent on British food?
How Tinder Food Apps and Dumpster-Diving Restaurants Could Help End British Food Waste
Every year, Britain sends 13 million tonnes of food to landfill—something new initiatives like “zero waste” London restaurant Tiny Leaf and Olio, an app that lets you swap unwanted food with people nearby, hope to combat.
Welcome to the MUNCHIES Guide to British Food
Every day this week, MUNCHIES will be exploring the stories that make Britain’s cuisine. Pull up a chair, BYOB, and prepare to forget everything you know about British food.