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Traditional Cooking & Trends

Traditional Cooking & Trends

Where the classics meet what is selling now. Sunday roasts and pie and mash sit alongside the trends worth putting on a menu, and the ones worth leaving alone.
14
Jun
Overhead table spread of small sharing bowls, flatbreads, grain salads and herbs with drinks between them.

Summer 2026 Food Trends UK Kitchens Can Use

Every summer the same wave of trends rolls in. These are the ones worth the section time, and the ones to let pass.
7 min read
12
Apr
Overhead view of a sharing platter of roast meats with Yorkshire puddings, roast vegetables and a jug of gravy.

The Classic Sunday Roast, the season is upon us

More than a meal, and one of the few services that still reliably fills a dining room. What separates a good roast from the rest.
2 min read
12
Apr
Pie and mash with green liquor on a red gingham tablecloth in a traditional shop, a pint of beer alongside.

The History of Pie & Mash Shops in London: A True East End Legend

How London pie and mash shops began as Victorian street food, why jellied eels mattered, and what the golden age of the trade looked like.
5 min read
08
Dec
Pie topped with green liquor sitting on a mound of mash on a white plate.

Traditional East London Pie & Mash Recipe

A traditional East London pie and mash, with a proper stiff hot water crust and a minced beef filling, making six to eight individual pies.
3 min read
07
Oct
A bartender pouring a cocktail from a shaker across a row of coupe glasses at a warmly lit back bar

Winter Cocktail Trends: Warming Up the Season with Style

Spiced hot toddies, mulled spirits beyond wine and hot buttered rum. Winter drinks that give a bar something to sell as the nights draw in.
7 min read