English cuisine has always been laughed at by its European neighbors as bland, greasy and overcooked. This may or not be true, but one thing is for sure—not one of our European neighbors’ cuisines can ...

As with all other Gastropod episodes, hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley take a deep dive into the history, answering the flurry of original questions that surfaces alongside each Pudding Week.

Here’s a brilliant vegetarian twist on the classic steak and kidney suet pudding. With all the amazing root vegetables we grow here in the UK, there’s no excuse not to make the most of them – and what ...

Last year, one of my colleagues, Shawn Vestal, wrote an ode on this page to finger steaks. They taste fine, sure, but let’s review what they are. Finger steaks are small pieces of cow soaked in ...

Journalist Kate Colquhoun traces the origins of traditional Christmas foods, such as English pudding, the boiled dessert made with suet or lard, in Taste : The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking.