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Uuni: the wood-fired pizza oven from Lewisham

Uuni: the wood-fired pizza oven from Lewisham

  Kristian Tapaninaho, 32, likes his pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven. So he made one. Soon you can have one too. With a background in creative arts and photography, cooking was far from the vocation Tapaninaho was aiming for. Getting married and having a son was what first led him…

Food blogger charts every meal for a whole year

Food blogger charts every meal for a whole year

A food blogger from Dalston has become an internet sensation by documenting every forkful of food she has consumed in the last year, even receiving marriage proposals for her efforts. Virginia Patania, has even created her own YouTube channel instructing users how to create their own culinary masterpieces. The Eating…

Fundraising “foodie” nominated for national award

Fundraising “foodie” nominated for national award

  The woman behind an innovative Hackney supper club has been nominated for a national award by fund raising website JustGiving  after raising nearly £30,000 for a medical care charity. Alicia Weston has been shortlisted as the Most Creative Fundraiser of the year by JustGiving Awards 2013. Weston captured their…

Chef chases dream to find a White Rabbit in Dalston

Chef chases dream to find a White Rabbit in Dalston

Eight years ago in the back of a van, Danny Cheetham made a promise to open a restaurant one day. Today he is head chef and one-quarter owner of the White Rabbit, Dalston’s hip, modern eatery down Bradbury street. “It’s something we always joke about. There I was, on tour…

Hunt for authentic Pakistani food in east London

Hunt for authentic Pakistani food in east London

It’s cold. It’s Thursday night.  And it’s time for some good Pakistani comfort food. Mmmm aloo ke parathay, pan-fried flatbread stuffed with potatoes, and chutney. The minute my friend and I pictured the crispy, flaky and ghee-splattered parathas, our mouths started to salivate. But the question was where to go.…

Hackney farmers find solution to carbon footprint

Hackney farmers find solution to carbon footprint

Tomatoes from Italy, apples from Chile and broccoli from Spain, all spotless and carefully wrapped in plastic as if freshly picked a couple of hours ago. They may look and sound very appealing, but the fact that the average tomato travels more than 1800 miles to reach London is not…

Throw New Year diets to the wind with Man Made Foods

Throw New Year diets to the wind with Man Made Foods

  Anthony Bowen is a 38-year-old, rugby playing, Catford resident and the connoisseur behind Man Made Foods, a new food and catering company. The concept of Man Made Foods is ‘anti-delicate’ and therefore anti- Great British Bake off style cooking. To emphasise that point, one of the photos on the company website even features…

February 7-14: Pancakes or French cakes? Take your pick

February 7-14: Pancakes or French cakes? Take your pick

  From pancakes to macarons, savoury Filipino feasts to indulgent breakfasts – this week is all about food. Whether you decide to make it, flip it, or race it, we know what you’ll be doing at the end…eating it. Just loosen up those belts and dig in. And remember, there’s…

January 24-31: Burns Night or sunburns? Take your pick

January 24-31: Burns Night or sunburns? Take your pick

From swigging Scotch on Burns Night to celebrating the sunburn-inducing rays of our Australian brethren – this week is about indulging and imbibing. Choose from a cocktail course, an Italian wine and spirits taster, or just sip away on one of the best loved beers from down under. For those…

Countdown to Christmas: What’s open Christmas Day

Countdown to Christmas: What’s open Christmas Day

Looking for a place to eat, do some last minute Christmas grocery shopping or get in a festive pint? It’s not too late to go out- not everything is closed on December 25, and ELL has got the rundown of the best pubs, restaurants and shops open on Christmas Day.…

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