Oxford Kite Festival to feature artists and thinkers such as Grace Jones, Richard Dawkins, and Ai Weiwei
Oxford Kite Festival to feature artists and thinkers such as Grace Jones, Richard Dawkins, and Ai Weiwei
Food and Drink·25th February 2019Cooking with love and guts: ruminating upon Palermo’s passion for offal Louis Thomas Image credit: Louis Thomas I have never been to anywhere more chaotically beautiful than Palermo, the capital of Sicily. Traffic lights... Read More
Food and Drink·21st November 2018Talking tripe with Giles MacDonogh: Brexit, wine and intestines Louis Thomas Image credit: Pixabay. Description: an Italian butcher’s shop. It will be no secret to anyone who has read this section... Read More
Food and Drink·10th November 2018A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, set in a jelly Louis Thomas Image credit: Louis Thomas. Description: a dome of jelly around which lies various USSR-related items. One hundred and one years... Read More
Food and Drink·26th October 2018Liver little and give filtration organs a chance: a tribute to Keith Floyd Louis Thomas Image credits: Louis Thomas. Description: a pig’s liver in a bowl with a bottle of wine. Ancient Roman Emperors, before... Read More
Food and Drink·12th October 2018Lock, stock and one boiling trotter: embarking on an offal odyssey Louis Thomas Offal is cheap, nutritious, less wasteful and, if done properly, can be absolutely delicious. As a society we have shifted... Read More
Food and Drink·25th November 2018“Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day you stuffed it and roasted it” Louis Thomas Image credit: Louis Thomas. Description: a roasted ox heart with a Christmas hat on it. The ox was dead, to... Read More
Food and Drink·19th November 2018Beauty is only crackling-deep: facing the slings and arrows of adversity Louis Thomas Image credit: Louis Thomas. Description: pork crackling, fresh out of the oven. “As a youth, I used to weep in... Read More
Food and Drink·3rd November 2018“I’m gonna make him some offal he can’t refuse” Louis Thomas Image credit: Louis Thomas. Descripton: Louis Thomas doing an impression of Don Vito Corleone from The Godfather while holding a... Read More
Food and Drink·19th October 2018Trippa per Totti: Roman offal that you can (just about) stomach Louis Thomas Image Credit: Louis Thomas- Description-A plate of offal in a tomato sauce I came, I saw, I stewed a cow’s stomach... Read More