Ruby Tandoh

Food

Rachel Ama and the Trouble with Apolitical Food

The rising vegan YouTube star treads carefully around the tangled politics of race and veganism. For her, making accessible plant-based recipes is a form of activism.
Ruby Tandoh
7.16.19
community

The Drinks Company with a Surprisingly Radical Agenda

Barking-based Company Drinks takes locals on foraging trips and directs its profits back into the community. The mission? To produce “something useful with and for each other.”
Ruby Tandoh
6.11.19
Food

Jack Monroe Has Written a Cookbook for Food Bank Users

The food writer and campaigner rose to fame in 2012 after her blog on food poverty went viral. She tells us about ‘Tin Can Cook,’ the canned food recipe book she wishes she’d had as a food bank user.
Ruby Tandoh
5.28.19
Food

In Praise of Food Dad, Nigel Slater

He channels the queer-coded excess of a Bacchanalian feast, but in a mild-mannered way to which middle England can aspire.
Ruby Tandoh
5.9.19
food writing

M.F.K. Fisher and the Art of the Culinary Selfie

Some 77 years after its original release, M.F.K. Fisher’s iconic essay collection 'Consider the Oyster' is to be republished.
Ruby Tandoh
11.5.18
Meducation

The Unhealthy Truth Behind 'Wellness' and 'Clean Eating'

My eating disorder had once looked very different, and then I found wellness—but I was not well.
Ruby Tandoh
5.13.16
Health

The Unhealthy Truth Behind 'Wellness' and 'Clean Eating'

My eating disorder had once looked very different, and then I found wellness—but I was not well.
Ruby Tandoh
5.13.16
Recipe

Olive Oil and Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

We've all been there: Ready for an afternoon of baking cookies only to discover there is no butter. Fear not–olive oil will make the perfect (and dare we say, better?) substitute.
Ruby Tandoh
5.12.16
Food

Eating Dirty With Ruby Tandoh #5: Burger King

The macho Whoppers and Hotties and King manspread all over the menu board, but it's the chips that are the stars of the show.
Ruby Tandoh
4.21.16
Eating Dirty with Ruby Tandoh

Eating Dirty with Ruby Tandoh #4: KFC

This is real chicken, in a real chicken-esque format, with a genuine chickeny texture, and it's fucking magical.
Ruby Tandoh
4.14.16
Eating Dirty with Ruby Tandoh

Eating Dirty With Ruby Tandoh #3: Nando's

This week, Ruby heads to Nando's, a haven of routine that will help you get exactly to the core of who you really are. A cheeky Tandohs, if you will.
Ruby Tandoh
4.7.16
Eating Dirty with Ruby Tandoh

Eating Dirty with Ruby Tandoh #2: Wimpy

Ruby goes to Wimpy in Essex to sample the Bender in a Bun, and leaves sweating, exhausted and happy.
Ruby Tandoh
3.31.16
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