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It’s fair to say that one of the nation’s favourite Lockdown activities was baking, judging from the scores of homemade banana loaves and sourdough posts flooding my Instagram feed. At one point, supermarkets were running so low on essential baking ingredients that flour felt like gold dust. And it wasn’t just my social media bombarding me with #bakinginspo- daytime television was awash with cooking and baking shows too, which I eagerly lapped up to fill my boredom. I watched

Credits: Bo Nguyen During the first lockdown, it seemed like everyone, young and old, was flocking to the kitchen. Even some of my friends who barely knew how to make sunny side up eggs were making all kinds of breads and other quarantine-friendly dishes. But for some reason I found myself cooking significantly less. I associated cooking with happy feelings and circumstances, so this surely was not the right time. Lacking energy and motivation, I was mainly trying to survive

“You won Jane. Enjoy the money, I hope it makes you very happy … Dear Lord, what a sad little life, Jane. You ruined my night completely so you could have the money but I hope now you spend it on getting some lessons in grace and decorum, cause you have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on… So Jane, take your money and get off my property.” …were the infamous words uttered by Peter Marsh in that viral scene, racking up to 247k views on YouTube and

In the previous part of this story, I talked about how culinary nostalgia provided me (and many others) some much-needed comfort during this period of uncertainty. But from the very start, I knew that I’d intended to write a much longer piece because several months of lockdown has clearly provided me with an ample amount of material. So today, I return with another instalment of lockdown cooking, venturing out to the situation beyond the walls of our own kitchen. Credits: Emm

Credits: Rachel Harty As of the 12th October, England was introduced to Boris Johnson’s new 3 Tier system, London recently being placed into Tier 2. On the 1st of November, the new Job Support Scheme will be introduced to replace the furlough scheme from March earlier this year. Many members of the hospitality industry staged a protest on the 19th of October voicing their concerns about their future and the perils ahead due to lack of government support. This HospoDemo prote

Credits: @mctsingh Award-winning chef Tony Singh MBE shares his culinary insights from his lockdown kitchen in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tony makes regular appearances on our screens in The Great British Menu and Saturday Kitchen, as well as a myriad of guest appearances on shows including Celebrity Eggheads and Celebrity Mastermind. He also stars in the BBC 2 series ‘The Incredible Spice Men’ alongside Cyrus Todiwala. As a second-generation Scottish Sikh Tony’s food is a vibrant

Credit: Beigel Bake If you ask any Londoner where you could get the best bagels in town, I can guarantee that Beigel Bakes in Shoreditch will spring to mind. The iconic bagel shop has been a staple for visitors on Brick Lane since it first opened in 1974, serving up fresh bagels 24 hours a day. A family-run business, the shop has grown in popularity, and can even count the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as some of their customers. They serve all the classic staples, from salt

Graphic: Ella-Mae Earnshaw As restaurants open back up here’s a look back into the one activity the whole world took to in the confines of their own homes. Everyone probably has a moment when they realized that they would have to stay in their own home for a while. Many had a moment where they decided they would try to be productive and take up a new activity. As a collective, it seemed when everyone was isolating; we found one room in the house more appealing than most – th

Quarantine is hard. Lockdown has taken away our normal like we never imagined. And you’re not alone, from the States to India or even Australia, everyone is in the same situation. All of us finding a way to cope, may it be compulsive knitting, MasterChef level cooking or taking a break from our fast-paced uni life to enjoy a book or two. Credits:Ella-Mae Earnshaw For me, the only thing

Credits: Wikimedia Commons 'Mr. President, what can I tell you? I’m so blessed to be here in the most prosperous country in the world,...