Food and Drink

Crussh Fit Food & Juice Bars, with 35 stores across London, is set to turn its Soho store (Broadwick Street) 100% plant-based for the entire month of January as part of Veganuary.   Opening Thursday 3rd January, the Soho pop-up is set to boast over 70 vegan recipes, with highlights including the high street’s first vegan feta ‘cheese’.  Crussh aims to highlight how plant-based food can be simple and really delicious, encouraging people to think about their meat intake and consider reducing...

We're just two days into the year - also 'Veganuary' as animal product avoiders like to call this month - and Greggs bakers have caused a social media storm. By announcing a vegan sausage roll. In perhaps the news of the year for plant-eaters, and anyone else concerned by the World Health Organisation's recent warnings about processed red meats, Greggs are rolling out the vegan treat with pastry made with vegetable oils and a “bespoke Quorn filling” in 950 high street...

The government is preparing to warn Brits that in the event of a no deal Brexit our access to fresh fruit and vegetable from EU countries will be affected and is exploring sites to stockpile supplies. Civil servants have warned that food availability and diet will be affected in the event of a no deal Brexit – an eventuality that the government has stopped referring to as unlikely. According to government planning revealed to The Times newspaper, Brits are set...

“After a few years on the restaurant scene, we decided that we wanted to start up our own ventures, and have the freedom to create our own menus,” says James Lakie, co-founder of StudMuffin, a new addition to Pop Brixton. Since launching in 2015, Pop has (amongst other commendable feats) functioned as a carousel of restaurants and street food vendors, some more compelling than others. Conquering the unit formerly occupied by Duck Duck Goose – one of 2017’s most loveable...

Customers at Fabio's Gelato, in Hitchen, Herts., are being served up to 24 "strange" and "wacky" combinations of ice-cream

Seven major train companies offer vegan options on-board their trains now, compared to just two earlier this year, thanks to a campaign by a leading vegan charity. At the beginning of 2018 The Vegan Society launched the next phase of their popular Vegan on the Go campaign, which sought to get more plant-based options onto UK trains. Virgin Trains, East Midlands Trains, Greater Anglia, Grand Central, Crosscountry, Great Western Railway and Hull Trains all provide vegan options since the launch of the...

Brussels sprouts ice cream, flavoured with peppermint, is being served up at ice cream parlour Mackie’s 19.2 in Aberdeen

2018 has been an interesting year for London restaurants. The news of prominent closures has perhaps dominated, with the likes of St. JOHN on Maltby Street, Marianne Lumb’s eponymous Notting Hill restaurant, Stevie Parle’s Rotorino, Jason Atherton’s Sosharu and both Madame D and Gul & Sepoy from the team behind Gunpowder having ceased trading. The impending impact of Brexit has also been much discussed in regard to restaurant closures, with many big named restaurateurs having expressed their concerns over uncertainty...

It's seven o'clock on Christmas day. Bodies lay comatosed on sofas, chairs and beanbags around the room. Your old man has managed to pass out on the kitchen table, again. But after an hours shut-eye you have woken up with a rumbling tummy as your mind turns to the annual leftover sandwich. At your disposal is a plethora of rich, indulgent foods that litter every counter top in the kitchen. The ravished turkey still boasts a plentiful bounty of meat, its cavity...