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  • Snack attack: New research reveals the exact time your lunch craving hits – and why the three-meal day is disappearing

    Over the last few years, the working day stopped running on breakfast, lunch and dinner and started running on something closer to a series of alarms. Italian food-to-go brand Coco di Mama has surveyed 1,000 UK adults to find out exactly when the nation’s cravings strike, as part of “Made to Be Craved,” a campaign…

  • London bars are throwing a month-long Daiquiri party, in celebration of Cuba’s iconic cocktail

    This Sunday marks 127 years of the Daiquiri, and six London bars are using the occasion as an excuse for a full month of limited-edition menus, running throughout July in partnership with rum brand Ron Santiago de Cuba. Expect bar-specific twists on the original, live Cuban music nights, and giveaways at select venues. Daquiri’s backstory…

  • July in food: London’s best new restaurants & bars to try this month

    July arrives with London’s biggest hospitality groups all making their move at once. Little Door & Co, Mr Fogg’s and Coppa Club are each opening their largest sites to date, Pachamama Group is bringing a restaurant back from Abu Dhabi, and a fresh wave of independents – a British-focused handroll bar, an Istanbul coffee import,…

  • A matcha made in heaven: Bombolone x Blendsmiths are bringing us exclusive matcha doughnuts and drinks

    Remember when matcha was the cool-girl drink a few years ago? It still is. But these days you’re not just drinking it from a coffee cup – it’s turning up in our favourite treats too, doughnuts included. Bombolone Doughnuts, the Italian artisanal doughnut shop just off Trafalgar Square, has launched a limited-edition matcha bombolone in…

  • Inside scoop: These gelaterias are bringing us new flavours for the summer

    We’re all melting under what feels like the second never-ending heatwave of the summer. Staying hydrated is, of course, the most important thing, but we might as well use this as an excuse to try some new ice cream flavours while we’re at it. And what a choice we have. Really, the world is our…

  • Taste The Orient brings the most unusual Asian ingredients to 45 London bars this week

    Dried fermented tuna, Buddha’s Hand citrus and a TCM-inspired Martinez headline a new city-wide cocktail festival running 22–28 June A brand new festival starting today is asking Londoners to drink fermented tuna, sake lees and a citrus fruit with no juice in it. Are you up for the flavour rollercoaster? If so, then Taste The…

  • Frood is the new brand making healthy eating more convenient, from TV personality Frida Redknapp

    The convenience food aisle has long been dominated by ultra-processed options, but priorities are shifting. A recent survey by the British Nutrition Foundation found that 61% of UK adults are concerned about the amount of ultra-processed food in their diet. Meanwhile, NHS data suggests that only around a third of adults meet the recommended five-a-day…

  • June in food: the must-know restaurants and bars launching in London this month

    Warm days arrive and everyone decides, all at once, that they deserve a seat in a leafy terrace. And rightfully so – this is the time to relish every bit of scorching sun we can get. May was a notably strong month for openings but June is giving us plenty of reasons to make our…

  • Wahaca brings the heat this summer with a new seasonal menu

    Wahaca has launched its summer menu, and it reads like a postcard from somewhere sunnier than a Soho street. The beloved Mexican restaurant chain – which has been feeding the UK since 2007 and holds the title of the country’s most sustainable restaurant group – has unveiled a run of new dishes and drinks that…

  • The hip brunch place Morena, in Eccleston Yards, is now open for dinner with a new spring menu

    Nothing pairs better with a sunny weekend than a long, leisurely brunch – especially somewhere that feels worlds away from London’s hectic streets. For many, Morena is the go-to place to get your avocado toast + Aperol fix. Opened in 2020 in the charming Eccleston Yards, the restaurant is influenced by Latin American cuisine but…

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