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At 8pm tonight Scotland and England will clash in the group stage of this year’s Euros tournament. Fans on both sides of the border will be nervously glued to the screen, but what will they be eating and drinking? At Clever Gretel we back the underdog. It is Scotland’s first time in the Euros for […]
Across the former Yugoslavia grilling meat (more specifically, red meat) outdoors is something of an obsession. So much so that in the city of Leskovac in south Serbia, every September they celebrate rostiljada – a week-long festival where the streets are closed off and dedicated entirely to the rostilj or barbecue. Until I visited Shepherd […]
Vater, Papa, Padre, Abba, Apu, no matter what you call them, it’s important to celebrate the dad-figure in your life. Gretel sees the day as nothing more than a commercial cop-out, but she never misses the chance to celebrate with an eclectic range of food and drink from around the world. This Sunday is father’s […]
People from different background across the UK talk about their experiences of funeral food Today, British grief is not solely defined by square-cut sandwiches, says Callsuma Ali, host of the “Bereavement Room” podcast, which centres on highlighting underrepresented voices: “It’s not the British Asian experience. I like a sandwich as much as the next person […]
Welcome to our Hole in the Wall series, where we show some love to London’s best affordable eats off the beaten track. No fuss. No glamour. Just the good stuff. My first love was the steak burrito; its round shape a marvel of product design – the portable pleasure pellet – foil wrapped and, like […]