# borough market (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover borough market. Page: Feed: --- ## [Kismet, Borough Market](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/08/kismet-borough-market.html) _2026-08-17 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ Every new generation of Londoner has to go through the phase of being bewildered and bedazzled by the various lavish stalls and speciality producers at Borough Market, shell out a small fortune for a selection of wildly unrelated items they're entirely unable to turn into a cohesive dinner, and spend a weekend or two queuing for a chorizo roll (or whatever the snack du jour is at any particular… ## [URGENT: Borough Market must cancel plans to shoot pigeons](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/urgent-borough-market-must-cancel-plans-to-shoot-pigeons/) _2026-08-02 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Reports suggest pigeons at one of London’s best-known markets could be shot tomorrow morning. Borough Market must intervene and choose humane, lasting solutions instead. We have received deeply concerning reports that pigeons at Borough Market are due to be shot at 10am tomorrow. Protect the Wild is calling on Borough Market’s management to cancel any \[…\] ## [24 Hours Until Final Guga Hunt Decision – Just 12 people will decide fate of 2,000 Gannets.](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/24-hours-until-final-guga-hunt-decision-just-12-people-will-decide-fate-of-2000-gannets/) _2026-08-02 · Devon Docherty · Protect the Wild_ This is it. Our final chance to stop the Guga hunt going ahead this year. And with just 24 hours until NatureScot’ decision, you’d think I’d be feeling more optimistic. After all, the latest scientific assessment shows the Guga hunt would decimate Sula Sgeir’s Gannet population, and both their licensing and Marine Ornithology teams have \[…\] ## [Northern Ireland starts trapping and killing badgers, despite little evidence it works – Eye on the Wild #10](https://protectthewild.org.uk/news/breaking-news/northern-ireland-starts-trapping-and-killing-badgers-despite-little-evidence-it-works-eye-on-the-wild-10/) _2026-07-31 · Eliza Egret · Protect the Wild_ Welcome to the tenth edition of Eye on the Wild, our new weekly roundup designed to keep you up to date with the latest stories concerning British wildlife. If you have a story you think we should cover, email us at contact@protectthewild.org.uk Badgers in parts of Northern Ireland are now being trapped and tested \[…\] ## [Fireworks are terrifying wildlife. Take action now to ban them!](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/fireworks-are-terrifying-wildlife-take-action-now-to-ban-them/) _2026-07-30 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ The government has launched a public consultation on fireworks, asking for views on issues including noise limits, banned products, and the rules around sale and use. It’s a rare opportunity to tell the government directly that the harm fireworks cause to wildlife can no longer be ignored. At Protect the Wild, our position is clear: \[…\] ## [Guga hunt licence set to be REFUSED](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/guga-hunt-licence-set-to-be-refused/) _2026-07-29 · Devon Docherty · Protect the Wild_ If you haven’t already seen the news on our social media, NatureScot has published the papers for its upcoming board meeting on 3 August, and its own licensing and marine ornithology experts have made a clear recommendation: The 2026 Guga hunt licence should be refused. I hesitate to celebrate too soon, but this almost certainly \[…\] ## [The new Defra Secretary must not hand the hunts a new loophole.](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/the-new-defra-secretary-must-not-hand-the-hunts-a-new-loophole/) _2026-07-27 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Andy Burnham has appointed the aptly named Angela Eagle as head of Defra. For anyone who cares about ending the cruelty of hunting, this is a moment of real opportunity. Eagle has a genuine anti-hunting record, with knowledge of exactly how hunts behave. So we are calling on her to examine new evidence, outlined below, \[…\] ## [Khao Bird, Soho](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/07/khao-bird-soho.html) _2026-07-27 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ Before I was able to assess the authenticity or otherwise of the food at Khao Bird, I could at least appreciate the ambient temperatures in the dining hall were at genuine Thai levels. It's not really their fault that we visited during one of the hottest day's of London's seemingly endless heatwave, but it really is getting to the stage that if your place doesn't have actual AC (or if it's not… ## [Eye on the Wild #9: Reform-led Council votes to push ahead with destroying ancient woodland](https://protectthewild.org.uk/news/eye-on-the-wild-9-reform-led-council-votes-to-push-ahead-with-destroying-ancient-woodland/) _2026-07-25 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Welcome to the ninth edition of Eye on the Wild, our new weekly roundup designed to keep you up to date with the latest stories concerning British wildlife. If you have a story you think we should cover, email us at contact@protectthewild.org.uk Reform-led Council votes to push ahead with destroying ancient woodland Kent County \[…\] ## [Thrown Away Alive: What our investigator found in a skip full of pheasant eggs](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/thrown-away-alive-what-our-investigator-found-in-a-skip-full-of-pheasant-eggs/) _2026-07-20 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Over the past few months we have been publishing analysis of undercover footage obtained on so-called ‘game farms’ across England. We began by looking at the sheer scale of the shooting industry, and how the adult birds (not every bird, but far too many) are sometimes treated. We’ve also looked briefly at how enormous numbers \[…\] [Listen](https://protectthewild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/LIVE-CHICK-CAMBRIAN-BIRDS.mp4) ## [ThreatCrush on GitHub (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0u2OEJawkYiG) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ View the ThreatCrush listing on the GitHub Marketplace. ## [End the Guga Hunt Campaign Heads to Lush Stores](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/end-the-guga-hunt-campaign-heads-to-lush-stores/) _2026-07-19 · Devon Docherty · Protect the Wild_ What happens when you spend four days asking complete strangers whether baby Gannets should still be beaten to death in the name of tradition? You discover just how ready people are for change. After seeing the work we’ve been doing to end the Guga Hunt, Lush invited us into their stores to raise awareness of \[…\] ## [Church of England votes AGAINST rewilding: Eye on the Wild #8](https://protectthewild.org.uk/news/church-of-england-votes-against-rewilding-eye-on-the-wild-8/) _2026-07-17 · Charlie Moores · Protect the Wild_ Welcome to the eighth edition of Eye on the Wild, our new weekly roundup designed to keep you up to date with the latest stories concerning British wildlife. If you have a story you think we should cover, email us at contact@protectthewild.org.uk The Church of England has voted AGAINST a plan to rewild 30% of \[…\] ## [Big News! My First Fiction Debuts in Fall 2027](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/big-news-my-first-fiction-debuts) _2026-07-14 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ Part of a two-book deal to Crown, part of Penguin Random House ## [How to Pack for a Trip with Just a Carry-On](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/how-to-pack-a-carry-on-for-two-weeks) _2026-07-07 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ A guide for my fellow women travelers to look good and be ready for almost anything ## [How to Make Planked Salmon](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/plankedsalmon) _2026-07-01 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ The first summer I moved to Seattle back in the 1990s, I decided I had to learn how to make planked salmon. ## [Recipe: Rotisserie Chicken Pho](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/recipe-rotisserie-chicken-pho) _2026-06-30 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ I love pho, the steaming, fragrant noodle soup from Vietnam. ## [Why I moved to Substack](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/join-me-on-substack) _2026-06-30 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ and why that means you'll hear from me a bit more often... ## [Banquet 88, St Katharine Docks](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/06/banquet-88-st-katharine-docks.html) _2026-06-24 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ The St Katharine Docks are a very pleasant, picturesque and pedestrian-friendly part of London that deserves much, much better restaurants than they has hitherto been blessed with. Banquet 88's immediate neighbours are Café Rouge, Côte and Slug & Lettuce and though I can sense some of you bristling with indignant contrary defences of this particular rogues gallery ("The Côte lunch menu is actually… ## [Can Koya, L'Escala](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/06/can-koya-lescala.html) _2026-06-04 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ I'm acutely aware that a review of a (hitherto) obscure restaurant in a small town in Spain isn't going to be one of my most read posts of the year. Back in the days when I was doing 6 or 7 posts a month, slipping the odd leftfield location in now and again just made things a bit more interesting for me - perhaps if I was lucky would provide some kind of inspiration for one or two readers, but it… ## [The Highland Laddie, Leeds](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-highland-laddie-leeds.html) _2026-05-19 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ At first, you can't quite believe what you're seeing. Right in the middle of a cluster of modern high-rises, behind a large neon-lit casino and steps away from a giant ugly motorway junction, is a beautiful little brick-built pub that seemingly has no business being there. How it's managed to survive presumably several attempts to raze it over the years I don't know, but it stands there proudly… ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TcmzQheEHcr7) _2026-05-19 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Travel Tales: Gin Tasting in London](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/travel-tales-gin-tasting-in-london) _2026-04-21 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ As part of research for a new project, I found myself duty-bound to explore one of London's most compelling recent obsessions: gin. ## [Half-priced Steak and the Ice Queen: Monday Night at London's Hippodrome](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/half-priced-steak-and-the-ice-queen-monday-night-at-the-hippodrome-in-london) _2026-04-20 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ My London traveling companion, Chef Friend Ted, is a man who approaches both a poker table and a cutting board with the same unnerving calm. ## [Travel Tales: Borough Market in London and Duck Confit Sandwich](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/travel-tales-borough-market-in-london-and-duck-confit-sandwich) _2026-04-14 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ On Sunday, we ventured to east London to make a pilgrimage to Borough Market in London, nestled along the south bank of the Thames where the city has been feeding itself, in one form or another, for nearly a thousand years. ## [Travel Tales: Chinatown in London](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/travel-tales-chinatown-in-london) _2026-04-13 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ From Ireland, Sally went home to Asheville, and I flew Aer Lingus to my next destination and new travel partner: London, with my chef friend, Ted. ## [Eating Dublin: Easter Sunday with Irish Music and Entirely Too Much Guinness](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/eating-dublin-easter-sunday-with-traditional-irish-music-and-more-guinness-than-necessary) _2026-04-13 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ There are many ways to celebrate Easter Sunday. ## [Travel Tales: Sole in Dublin](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/travel-tales-sole-in-dublin) _2026-04-12 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ No. ## [Travel Tales: The Old Mill in Dublin](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/travel-tales-the-old-mill-in-dublin) _2026-04-10 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ A classic spot with a surprising past in the middle of Temple Bar ## [Willy's, Margate](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/04/willys-margate.html) _2026-04-07 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ I have often come across menus that read better than they deliver - full of interesting ingredients and clever techniques on paper but not living up to the promise when the actual food starts appearing. This makes sense from a certain point of view - it's all very well writing the word 'bouillabaisse' on a menu but quite another having the knowledge and skill to serve it. Much more unusual is to… ## [The Gorgonzola Sandwich from Ulysses in Dublin](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/the-gorgonzola-sandwich-at-davy-byrnes-a-food-writer-walks-the-ulysses-route-in-dublin) _2026-04-06 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ A travel tale that ends with one of the best meals I've ever had ## [A Food Writer's Month in Ireland and London](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/follow-me-for-april-in-ireland-and-london) _2026-04-01 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ An intrepid tour of meals, treks and surprising finds ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wq2aIergW2A9) _2026-04-01 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-three-horseshoes-batcombe.html) _2026-03-31 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ We were incredibly lucky with the weather on a mini-break to Somerset, in that it only rained some of the time, not all of the time. I am a huge advocate of tourism in rural UK, and have yet to find a part of the country I didn't get on with at all (and I've been to Blackpool), but the fact is it really really helps if you get a bit of sun. Pootling around the back lanes of Batcombe in the morning… ## [Fiery Flavors, Surrey Quays](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/03/fiery-flavors-surrey-quays.html) _2026-03-26 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ I am never really in my comfort zone talking about regional Chinese cuisine. I have next to no knowledge about the skills or practices involved in making it, the different use of ingredients or techniques that distinguish one region from the next, and I am the last person you should ask if any particular dish is cooked "correctly". All that said, having never cooked in a professional kitchen or… ## [Dover Street Counter, Mayfair](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/03/dover-street-counter-mayfair.html) _2026-03-13 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ First of all, apologies - to Dover Street Counter and readers of this blog alike - for the atrocious state of the photos in this post. What's strange is that I don't remember the lighting in the room being particularly subdued - each generously spaced table had a decent spotlight on it, and I could read the menu clearly enough, but for whatever reason they've all turned out looking like they were… ## [Bistro Sablé, Islington](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/02/bistro-sable-islington.html) _2026-02-23 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ Sablé occupies the handsome 1930s public house that, most recently at least, was home to Neil Rankin's Smokehouse. I spent many happy times in Smokehouse back in the day but such are the fickle whims and fashions of London food that, in 2026, low-n-slow American BBQ seems strangely dated. I don't know why this is - they're still very keen on it in America, as far as I can tell. Anyway the site now… ## [How to Freeze Cheese, Meat, Milk, Butter and Fish So You Can Actually Use It Later](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/tips-on-freezing-cheese-meat-milk-and-fish) _2026-02-17 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ Reader question: "How do I freeze cheese? ## [Dorian, Notting Hill](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/01/dorian-notting-hill.html) _2026-01-30 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ This time last year, potential sites for an upcoming work lunch had been whittled down to a choice between Lita in Marylebone, or Dorian in Notting Hill. Both places, on the face of it, looked fairly similar - a crowd-pleasing list of modern bistro dishes with an emphasis on premium seafood and seasonal game, and both had received fairly unanimously positive reviews. Purely because Lita was a bit… ## [Barnacle, Liverpool](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/01/barnacle-liverpool.html) _2026-01-15 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ If it sometimes feels like Liverpool is short on quota of restaurants of sufficient quality befitting a city of its size (something that, fortunately, is increasingly improving), then it can never be said that there are a shortage of beautiful buildings to potentially host them in. The School for the Blind on Hardman Street is a stunning spot - an elegantly proportioned, early Victorian honeyed… ## [The Hart, Marylebone](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-hart-marylebone.html) _2026-01-02 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ In an ideal world this would be a post about the 'proper' upstairs restaurant at the Hart, a serious (though not by all accounts stuffy) dining room serving seasonal British food in the heart of Marylebone village. Unfortunately, due to a combination of my own lack of organisation and the wild popularity of the Hart (despite it only being open a couple of months), the 'proper' dining room was… ## [PSV, Waterloo](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/psv-waterloo.html) _2025-12-23 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ The tradition of exciting, regional SE Asian food appearing above or behind unassuming pubs in London is alive and well. The first time I encountered such a thing was all the way back in 2011 at the Heron in Paddington , where you could demolish fiercely authentic laab ped and tom yum soup while downstairs oblivious locals sipped on pints of Stella and ate crisps. More recently, Khun Pakin Thai… ## [Kokin, Stratford](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/kokin-stratford.html) _2025-12-22 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ Lots of potentially very well-respected global cuisines have an unenviable, constant uphill battle against the enshittification of their brand by High Street UK. If your only exposure to Mexican food is Las Iguanas, or Zizzi's for pasta, or Domino's for pizza, or Nando's for... whatever-the-hell Nando's are trying to do, then you can be excused (though perhaps not completely forgiven) for thinking… ## [Firestarter, Liverpool Street](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/firestarter-liverpool-street.html) _2025-12-09 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ It's often very difficult to stand out from the crowd in Restaurant London, especially when - as in Firestarter's case at least - you appear to be serving the same kind of live-fire, internationally-ambiguous, ingredient-led menu that began to pop up all over the place after Acme Fire Cult showed there was a market for it. If this sounds cynical, it's not meant to be - everyone needs to make a… ## [How to Make Soup out of (Almost) Anything](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/soup) _2025-11-30 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ An easy step-by-step guide to using leftovers or seasonal ingredients ## [Janda Diner, Peckham](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/11/janda-diner-peckham.html) _2025-11-28 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ It's important to point out about Janda Diner that it's a very different restaurant at lunchtime than at dinner, and if that you only go for the short small-plates selection in the middle of the day you're not really getting the full experience. I admit I have only been to Janda Diner once, and it was for lunch, so there's much more about the place that deserves attention than I can report on.… ## [19 Ideas for Thanksgiving and Christmas Leftovers](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/11-ideas-for-thanksgiving-leftovers) _2025-11-27 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ Beyond the usual sandwiches to cocktails to gumbo ## [Recipe: How to Make Healthy Ramen](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/ramen-soup-revisited-a-flexible-healthier-strategy) _2025-11-25 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ Not only healthier, but tastier ways to spruce up those inexpensive packets ## [Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie with Chard-Lentil Filling](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/shepherds-pie-with-chard-lentil-filling) _2025-11-11 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ Recipe by Kim O'Donnel ## [Elephant, Hackney](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/11/elephant-hackney.html) _2025-11-04 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ I spent most of last month in Spain (see previous post) and although I'm happy enough to be back in cold, wet London town (honest), as the evenings really closed in I was in dire need of a reminder of sunnier times and brighter places. And after scrolling through my holiday photo stream just made me more depressed, I thought I might have more success with Mediterranean food. Elephant is a… ## [From a Box or Homemade? The Great Thanksgiving Taste Test](https://authorkathleenflinn.substack.com/p/firehouse) _2025-10-30 · Kathleen Flinn · Kathleen Flinn_ Real mashed potatoes vs. powdered? Canned green beans vs. fresh? What about gravy from a jar? An intrepid food writer investigates with local firemen a taste testers ## [Compartir, Cadaqués](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/10/compartir-cadaques.html) _2025-10-07 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ Compartir, a restaurant in the seaside village of Cadaqués, has lots going for it. The most obvious thing it has going for it is Cadaqués, a tourist town but not troublingly so, with its own unique identity - bohemian, somewhat eccentric, traditionally popular with artists and writers - and its own architectural style - grey slate walls, irregular oblong cobblestones and whitewashed narrow… ## [Dalla, Hackney](https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/09/dalla-hackney.html) _2025-09-19 · Chris Pople · Cheese and Biscuits_ The comparisons with my last post won't be immediately obvious, but within the context of their own chosen cuisines Josephine Bouchon and Dalla are doing rather similar things. Both have a very strong and educated sense of what it means to cook French or Italian food. Both do so with skill and flair, showcasing said cuisine at its very best. And - crucially - both leave you wondering why so few…