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Nettle soup is the earliest meal known to be consumed in Britain, due to a discovery of Bronze Age crockery, which suggests that the weed has been cooked on the island for at least 3,000 years. Today, the nettle soup is a staple on Swedish Easter tables, where it is appreciated for its nutritious properties. […]
Food production and hospitality sectors are dominated by precariously employed migrant workers, who once seemed to be outside of the reach of large trade unions. Now, they are leading the movement. “When I moved here, I didn’t know anything about trade unions,” says Justyna Kamienska, a representative of GMB, one of the largest trade unions […]
Pierogi have always been a strictly annual affair in my family. On Christmas the whole household would be involved in the venture: dad would make the stuffing, mum would knead the dough, and my siblings would cut the dough into circles and before we would all fill and seal the dumplings. We would eat the […]
People like to say that this pasta derived its name from Neapolitan ladies of the night, as it was a quick and easy dish to make while working. There is however no historical evidence to support this saucy tale, and the name “puttanesca” (puttan means prostitute in Italian, but is also a general all-purpose vulgarism), […]
If you promise not to tell anyone, I will confess that when it comes to my favourite dumpling dishes, it is not Polish pierogi, Russian pielmieni, or Polish uszka, that truly rule my heart, but baos. As far as I am concerned, these fluffy Chinese steamed buns filled with meaty or sweet goodness are the […]