• Food as Social Glue – Why cooking with friends feels so good

    Rachel Cox  You’ve had a long day, packed with lectures. You arrive home and the last thing you want to do is cook, but your friends are in the kitchen awaiting your arrival. Tonight, you are making a rich, salty carbonara together – one of your favourite meals! Although...
  • Trust Your Gut, and Choose Better Bread

    Summer Revely Bread is a staple part of the student diet, and in later life. I’d argue that toast and toasties only come second to pesto pasta in the dream lineup of post-night-out carb loading. But have you ever thought about what is actually in bread? And the contrasting...
  • Why Breakfast is Still the Most Important Meal of the Day

    Summer Revely Are you surviving your 9ams fuelled by caffeine and panic? We’ve all been there. The constantly busy schedules, late nights in the club or completing summatives, and brief sleeps interrupted by early mornings make breakfast seem impossible at times. The crazy changes to the circadian rhythm that...
  • What do you actually need in a student kitchen?

    In this practical guide, Laura Ross Russell reflects on the chaos of an overstocked second-year house, the lessons learned by graduation, and the cupboard staples that have seen her through three years at university. Whether you're a future Ottolenghi or a toasties-machine loyalist, this is your no-nonsense list for...
  • To eat or not to eat: lab-grown meat?

    Following the path paved by Singapore, the USA and Israel, meat produced in a lab is expected to have a place on supermarket shelves in the UK within the next two years....
  • Can we trust food influencers?

    In recent years, food content creators have steadily been rising in popularity. From showcasing new places to eat, to sampling new dishes on the menu, they have proven to be the key to many aspiring restaurant owners’ successes. But what happens when these content creators are paid to create...
  • Why I roast a chicken every week (and you should too!)

    Many of us are lucky to come from families where a roast dinner on a Sunday is a sacred ritual, particularly in the autumn and winter months. At university, this habit often fades away - aside from the obligatory pre-Christmas roast with friends and maybe the odd Sunday roast...