Food
Introducing Huck’s Food section, powered by our sister magazine Sandwich. Spotlighting some of the best stories where food meets counterculture.
Glasgow’s Calabash is the restaurant the African diaspora call home
Home Cooking — Having been open in the heart of the city for 15 years, the Kenyan rooted eatery has become a community staple for migrants and Scottish-born locals alike.
Written by: Lisa Maru
Exploring Bucovina, the last wild place in Europe
Noroc! — 70% of Romania’s northern provinces are covered in ancient woodland, with its people cultivating a close relationship with the land that stretches back millennia. Jack Burke forages, eats and drinks his way around the region.
Written by: Jack Burke
Dredging and drifting with the last wild oyster fishermen of the River Fal
Cornish pearls — Using only the power of the wind and centuries-old traditional techniques, harvesting oysters in the last wild fishery in England is a sustainable, yet dying, practice. Jack Burke goes trawling with Jason, one of the few keeping it alive, to find out more.
Written by: Jack Burke
What does food justice look like in 2025?
WE COOK PLANTS — Huck Magazine day-one writer and food activist Sarah Bentley drops in to chat about her new book, as well as her plant-based community cookery school Made In Hackney.
Written by: Sarah Bentley
In photos: The street food vendors keeping London nourished
Food for the soul — When the clock strikes 12 each day, workers across the spectrum of industries take to one of the city’s thousands of vendors to nourish themselves, and occasionally discover something new. We teamed up with O’Neill to spotlight a few of our local favourites.
Written by: Ella Glossop
Inside Booters: the Hooters-inspired supper club celebrating butch identity
Butchify everything — From a viral performative butch contest, to a packed ButchtoberFest celebration, Booters is taking over London’s dyke nightlife.
Written by: Megan Wallace
Katie Goh: “I want people to engage with the politics of oranges”
Foreign Fruit — In her new book, the Edinburgh-based writer traces her personal history through the citrus fruit’s global spread, from a village in China to Californian groves. Angela Hui caught up with her to find out more.
Written by: Angela Hui
In Queens, local surfers are moulding a neighbourhood in their own renegade images
Rockaway breaks — On a little-known stretch of beach in eastern New York City, an ecosystem of wave catchers, and the local bars and restaurants that fuel them, is seeing a boom. Paolo Bicchieri meets the residents and business owners behind the growing swell.
Written by: Paolo Bicchieri
Exploring Yemen’s rich, historic culinary culture
Newly published book ‘Bittersweet: A Story of Food and Yemen’ looks at the food and humanity of region whose narrative is so often dominated by conflict.
Written by: Isaac Muk
In Photos: Gordon Ramsay and Sandwich magazine host star-studded party
The event celebrated Sandwich magazine’s eighth issue, guest edited by cover star Chef Ramsay.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Gordon Ramsay introduces Sandwich issue #8
The world famous chef takes the helm as guest editor of the 8th edition of our sister magazine, Sandwich, in the Chef’s Special issue.
Written by: Gordon Ramsay
King Cook’s Insider’s Guide to East London
From pie mash to street art and underground boxing, King Cook leads us on a tour of the spots that made him.
Written by: King Cook
