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Image description: a pasta dish at Bella Italia Bella Italia is situated in the heart of Oxford’s “Italian District” – flanked by Franco Manca, Ask Italian, and Zizzi just a bit further down the road, it might not always stand out as an obvious choice for your pizza fix. Except now, I have a great […]
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Image description: two bowls of soup People who know me know that I am obsessed with soup, and for good reason. Soup is one of the least stressful meals to cook, with very low effort on your part. It may seem like a time-consuming process, but once all the ingredients hit the pot, you can […]
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Image description: The Oxford Student logo on a dark blue background with text Do you fancy yourself as an Agony Aunt, a recipe creating connoisseur or a political commentator? Pitch a column to us and shoot your shot at a weekly place in our newspaper in print and online! All ideas are welcome and no […]
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Image description: Prawn paste chicken There are many things that can be improved by sitting in a sealed jar for an extended period of time, in particular fermented shrimp paste. Uncooked, it can be intensely fishy, savoury, salty, and pungent. It is a prominent ingredient in several Southeast Asian cuisines, with many regional variations, taking […]
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Image description: White text on blue background asking for Creative Team applications: Illustrators, digital designers, and photographers Applications to join the Creative Team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be an artistic contributor in Michaelmas, now is your chance to apply! Click here for our application form All applications […]
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Image Description: the words “Apply to be an Oxstu Editor. Apply through the online form. Open until 2nd July at 6pm.” on a plain blue background. Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be a Section Editor or Deputy Section Editor in Michaelmas, now […]
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Image description: A plate with potatoes, green vegetables and diced ox tongue. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Ox tongue – what student would want to pick up a 1.5kg slab of meat from the butchers that they barely have the resources to handle? And I would argue that ox tongue is one of those […]
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Image description: Small white bowls full of colourful Sri Lankan food on a table. Meg Hopkins picks her top 10 favourite vegan restaurants in Oxford. The Coconut Tree – Food: Sri Lankan street food tapas style. It is a little pricey (although they’re doing Eat Out To Help Out on collections until June) but my […]
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Image description: a bottle of wine which reads ‘Bianco di Bisenzio’ against a white wall with pink and blue paper chains hanging in the background. The Oxford Wine Company can be found on Turl Street, Little Clarendon Street, and Botley Road. This week, they have kindly sent us a mouth-watering 2019 Italian white wine for […]
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Image description: Rows of colourful bars of chocolate next to a sign saying ‘Welcome to Montezuma’s Oxford, Extraordinary Chocolate.’ Oxford’s newest chocolate shop, Montezuma’s, has at last opened its vibrant doors on historic Queen street. Owners Helen and Simon Pattinson were kind enough to speak to Sophie and me about the opening of their seventh […]
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Image description: an empty Oxford college dining hall. To all those unlucky souls on inflexible, expensive or unappetising college meal plans, my heart goes out to you. I won’t dwell too much on my own circumstances, like the closure of all students kitchens during Michaelmas, but, as a daily navigator of hall food, I’ll share […]
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Image description: A messy kitchen countertop with a loaf cake, orange juice and a spoon of flour. This banana almond cake is moreish and best eaten on a long, relaxing break from work. I made this cake on a whim while procrastinating one day. Baking is always worth the effort, even if you’re pushed for […]
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Image description: A hand holding a phone takes a picture of a dish. With the growth of YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, a whole new form of food writing has emerged: that of the food influencer. From zero-waste soups, to sumptuous sweet treats, here are the Food and Drink editors’ top picks for food accounts to […]
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Image description: supermarket shelves with groceries. There were three stages of my reaction to the news that the Cowley Road Tesco would be closing until the autumn: denial, panic, and somewhat successful attempts to adjust. First came the denial. One quiet morning a newsletter came through my letterbox announcing the closure of said Tesco for […]
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Image description: A polka dot picnic blanket covered with snacks, yellow flowers, a sunhat and candles. Gather your government-mandated number of friends, favourite food, and head to one of Oxford’s many green spaces to enjoy a picnic, whether the sun’s out or not. Trinity Term is the perfect time for picnics. Oxford is full of […]
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Image description: A lady in an ‘Oxford Eats’ branded T-shirt holds up her phone, showing the ‘Oxford Eats’ logo. Emily Beauchamp is launching a new food delivery app called Oxford Eats, which will provide a cheaper and fairer platform for Oxford’s independent food businesses to manage their orders with. I spoke to Emily about what […]
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Image description: A bottle of white wine called ‘Essence: Riesling Raimund Prüm’ on a table with a yellow mug. For March’s review, The Oxford Wine Company were kind enough to provide me with a lovely screw top bottle to save my house from another embarrassing episode with a corkscrew. I am admittedly not someone who […]
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Image description: a plate with a question mark on it. By 2050 we will need to produce 60% more food if we want to feed the projected population of 9.3 billion. It is unlikely that we will be able to achieve this using traditional agricultural methods; a food revolution is needed. What will we be […]
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Image description: A dish filled with cherry tomatoes and a block of feta cheese. If you have TikTok or Instagram, then the chances are that your feeds were inundated all February with videos of people oven roasting cherry tomatoes and feta cheese as part of the ‘Baked Feta Pasta’ trend. Claimed to have been so […]
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