I wrote a piece about two of my favourite writers, Patience Gray and MFK Fisher, for The Times Literary Supplement. … More
Category: prose
A List of Oranges, prompted by Deborah Levy’s, ‘Things I Don’t Want to Know’
The season of oranges is beginning. Thinking about oranges began in Sicily in September, detailed in A Varied List of Sicily, … More
Sitting on a bench as a research method
I went to a talk by Claudia Roden two weeks ago, a food writer I have admired for some time, … More
Poison
Last night when I was working at a bar, a woman asked for an unusual drink.* It triggered a memory. … More
Overheard and seen in Woodbridge Library, Oct 2013-February 2014
Overheard and Seen in Woodbridge Library, Oct 2013 -Feb 2014
Cooking with the Kids of Sceaux Gardens Estate, Summer 2015
In the summer, the kids on our estate played outside every night until late. There are no water fountains around … More
MilchReise/MilkTrip: Translations of Food
At the ‘Translation as Firework‘ event curated by Jen Calleja at the Austrian Cultural Forum, I gave an audience of people two dishes to … More
Milk Trip ≠ Milchreise | Radical Translation
An account of my performance and ‘translation’ of Anna Weidenholzer’s story into a recipe from the Translation As Firework exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum 13/10/15 – 21/10/15
Eat Words: I met MFK Fisher on OKCupid
‘Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.’
Ode to the Artichoke
Recipes, a brief tribute to Patience Gray, a poem from Pablo Neruda, and a steamy artichoke poem by me…
