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The disobedient language of Bulgarian food: Chuzhdopoklonnichestvo

“Why is rusticity aspirational when it’s Tuscan but embarrassing when it’s Balkan?” asks Bulgarian chef and restaurateur Aleksandar Taralezhkov. Everything you need to know about chuzhdopoklonnichestvo but were afraid to ask.

Good Food Guide

CODE Neighbourhoods: Honey Spencer and Charlie Sims’ Hackney

Honey Spencer and Charlie Sims of Sune on Broadway Market open up their little black book. Where to shop, eat, drink and sauna in East London.

CODE

Inside the French House: How a Soho pub built its own art world

A half pint at the French House and all’s right with the world. A long read about a Soho institution, its punters and its staff, and the artistic ecosystem they’ve created. “It’s a remnant of old, weird, idiosyncratic Soho, which in the main has got so bland and basic”. 

Plaster

“When I open up menus now, I can smell the accountant’s fingers. There’s no romance”

Marco Pierre White is enjoying something like elder statesman status these days, thanks in part to his nutso Instagram posts. He’s an unashamed provocateur but it’s hard to disagree with some of what he says.

The Telegraph