This post starts with a sad story. A few months ago, Thomas and I went to try out a recently-renovated pub nearby, The King’s Arms. It used to be a proper local’s pub. But the new management took down the traditional swinging sign. They switched the pub tables outside for expensive benches, stripped out the interior and crammed the back bar with craft beers. Now The King’s Arms pitches itself as a “stylish modern take on a traditional pub”.…
Cooking with Smoked Eel
My first run in with an eel was at F Cooke on Broadway Market. It was the morning after Burn’s Night, and a group of us were feeling a little delicate. We wandered over to Broadway Market in search of sustenance. Something to make us feel better. Something like a pulled pork bun.…
E Pellicci
Crikey, I hate Pret a Manger. Their fresh from the fridge, wet bread sandwiches. Their £2.10 cardboard cups of charcoal coffee. The fact that they began blasting out Christmas music in August. And let’s not even get started on their dubious ethics and employment strategies.…
Elderflower Cordial
I’m going on holiday next week. This made me panic that the elderflowers might be gone by the time I got back, so yesterday I thought that I’d preserve some by making elderflower cordial….
Hello – I'm Rachel Walker – food writer and cook. I live in East London with my very tolerant husband, who is often alarmed to find pig trotters or brining lamb tongues floating in the fridge. 
