Maria CastellanosDec 1, 20204 minChristmas in the Time of CovidFor a Christmas dinner table to see off the year that wasn't, event designer Maria Castellanos sidesteps festive cliches. This year,...
Madeleine FeenySep 28, 20204 minFigs, Fava & Feta with Everything A Culinary Postcard from Patmos I grew up in a Grecophile household. My father’s interest in the classics didn’t end with his graduation....
Madeleine FeenyAug 4, 20205 minReading the Fridge Classics: Eggsthe egg only got larger and larger, and more and more human . . . it had eyes and a nose and mouth and, when she had come close . . . she...
Madeleine FeenyAug 2, 20203 minThe Pastry Chef's Guide by Ravneet GillA sumptuous new baking cookbook equips Josie Graves to conquer her fear of pastry I work with cookbooks every day and this is without a...
Madeleine FeenyAug 1, 20203 minEverything Is Under Control by Phyllis GrantA memoir with recipes, for Readers of Ella Risbridger, Nora Ephron and M.F.K. Fisher Prufrock measured life in coffee spoons; Phyllis...
Madeleine FeenyJun 19, 20204 minReading the Fridge Classics: TomatoesBoth basic and luxury, tomatoes are a universal staple: the base note in dishes from pasta sauce to curry. Their quality varies wildly,...
Madeleine FeenyJun 5, 20204 minEating in a Crisis: How to Cook A Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher‘You can still live with grace and wisdom .... to keep the wolf from snuffling too hungrily through the keyhole' M. F. K. Fisher knew how...
Madeleine FeenyJun 3, 20203 minReading the Fridge Classics: AubergineOne vegetable, multiple names and connotations – the most risqué of which can be credited to smartphones. Yes, to anyone fluent in emoji,...
Madeleine FeenyMay 29, 20202 minBraised Pork with An Yu: A Virtual Literary Supperclub 'She imagined tulips ... The thousands of buds bloomed into white flowers, and one by one, the gradual opening up of each flower lulled...
Madeleine FeenyMay 28, 20203 minReading the Fridge Classics: Smoked SalmonBit of a posh one – or so it would have you believe, although smoked salmon isn’t nearly as expensive as it used to be, before salmon...
Madeleine FeenyMay 22, 20203 minReading the Fridge Classics: FetaGuaranteed to improve almost any meal, feta rescues salads from penitential joylessness, makes roasted vegetables sexy, and is a great...
Madeleine FeenyMay 14, 20205 minHow to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa'I opened my mouth wide, saw the hot, wet, pink flesh, and the dark centre where my voice came out of, and I laughed, loud and wild' The...
Madeleine FeenyMay 4, 20203 minHibernation Edition: My Year of Rest and Relaxation, A Virtual Immersive Literary Supperclub'Sleep was coming for me. I knew the sound of it by now, the foghorn of dead space that put me on autopilot while my conscious self...
Madeleine FeenyApr 23, 20202 min¡Feliz Sant Jordi! I wish Britain could adopt Catalunya’s joyful celebration of love and literature Every April 23rd, the streets of Barcelona fill with...
Madeleine FeenyApr 23, 20204 minWinter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin, tr. Aneesa Abbas Higgins‘He'd never understand what Sokcho was like. You had to be born here, live through the winters. The smells, the octopus. The isolation’...
Madeleine FeenyApr 17, 20204 minTopics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey‘conversation is flirtation. Tease out enough rope and the listener, she’ll hang on your every word. Though it’s true: usually I am the...
Madeleine FeenyApr 9, 20202 minExciting Times by Naoise DolanSteeped in millennial angst, this waspishly droll debut explores sexuality, class and language – while enjoying the double-edged rewards...
Madeleine FeenyApr 9, 20204 minMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell‘There must be a point where you’re allowed to be defined by something other than what he did to you' How does an abusive relationship...
Madeleine FeenyApr 8, 20203 minA Stationary Feast Notes from London Lockdown Little cause for feasting, and certainly not the moveable kind, with the world on pause. I’ve migrated to the...
Madeleine FeenyFeb 10, 20202 minThe Man Who Saw Everything SupperclubFeasting off the Abbey Road Crossing at our First Immersive Literary supperclub, inspired by Deborah Levy's Novel 'It had been Jennifer's...