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Inside the searing, strangely wholesome world of competitive chilli eating

Red hot — Exploding out of pandemic-era isolation, a growing community of chilliheads are competing across the globe, devouring millions of Scoville units and fighting off agonising capsaicin cramps in the process. Hannah Bentley speaks to some of the scene’s key figures to find out why.

  • Sport
  • Hannah Bentley

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.

  • Huck 83: Life Is A Journey Issue
  • 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.

  • Culture
  • 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.

  • Culture
  • Jack Burke
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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.

  • Activism
  • Sarah Bentley
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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.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop
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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.

  • Culture
  • Megan Wallace
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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.

  • Culture
  • Angela Hui
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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.

  • Sport
  • 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.

  • Photography
  • 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.

  • Food
  • 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.

  • Food
  • Gordon Ramsay

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