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Manchester’s Margarita Rumble takes on Victoria Warehouse

Manchester’s Margarita Rumble takes on Victoria Warehouse

Ruby Bannerman and Felix Hanif-Banks review this year’s Margarita Rumble, fuelled by tequila – what could go wrong?
Use your Noodle! A vending machine like no other

Use your Noodle! A vending machine like no other

Not just Pot Noodles on the line, you can win cash too
A Lidl state of mind

A Lidl state of mind

When Sainsbury’s leaves us penniless, Lidl is always there to catch the fall. Lucia Cannizzaro writes of her love for the budget supermarket.
Re-defining comfort eating

Re-defining comfort eating

Catrin Stewart looks at the privilege associated with comfort eating and how the consumption of food is fundamentally about more.

A week with Studifuel 

Read a week in the life of a Manchester student – but with the added benefit of snacks from Studifuel, a student tailored subscription snack box.
Manchester’s ultimate burrito guide

Manchester’s ultimate burrito guide

Chloe Hatton and Liv Clarke took on some of Manchester’s best (and worst) burrito establishments to bring you the ultimate burrito guide
For the love of food

For the love of food

‘Food is a way to nurture and nourish, to bond with someone’. Kate Fawcett shares her thoughts on food, love and relationships.
Yard and Coop: Chicken Fever?

Yard and Coop: Chicken Fever?

Poultry passion or a mediocre meal?
Feed your mind: finding food in all the right places

Feed your mind: finding food in all the right places

The social media world can be a minefield of fakery and misconception – The Mancunion looks at the best wholesome accounts online
Review: Baity Didsbury

Review: Baity Didsbury

Catrin Stewart reviews Didsbury’s latest food venture: Baity Didsbury. A small, simplistic Palestinian restaurant that’s big on flavour
The politics of complaining about food

The politics of complaining about food

As customers, we have the right when paying for food to be able to finish our meal: Catrin Stewart muses on the politics of complaining in restaurants
Celebrating the festival of lights

Celebrating the festival of lights

Victoria Evans speaks about Hanukkah, and the importance of remembering other cultural traditions during the Christmas period.
An ode to The Font

An ode to The Font

Laura Swain writes in memory of The Font, Fallowfield. A versatile café, bar and pub with great food and the famous £2 cocktails. It will be sorely missed.
Get involved: Langar on Campus

Get involved: Langar on Campus

Join Manchester Sikh Society for their annual Langar on Campus event
PLY’s winter cocktail menu

PLY’s winter cocktail menu

PLY’s new winter cocktail menu features an array of festive themed drinks: from the Roast Peach Old Fashioned to the hot chocolate wine, there’s something for everyone this Christmas.
Hatch’s urban Narnia: A festive fantasy

Hatch’s urban Narnia: A festive fantasy

Oxford Road’s hipster haven ‘Hatch’ expands its size and repertoire in time for Christmas, celebrating with ‘Urban Narnia’, a festive event showcasing the new food and drink vendors.
Winter warmer: roasted garlic and tomato soup

Winter warmer: roasted garlic and tomato soup

Try out this recipe for roasted tomato and garlic soup to warm you up over the cold winter months and fight off any pesky colds
Nigella Lawson: icon or innuendo?

Nigella Lawson: icon or innuendo?

Holly Ktorou asks whether Nigella Lawson is an culinary icon or simply an innuendo
Gendered Eating: nothing but celery is safe

Gendered Eating: nothing but celery is safe

Contributor Elena Bradley explores gendered eating as a concept. Is it a fad or is there stock in it as a social issue?
The Manchester café crawl

The Manchester café crawl

It’s no myth that Manchester is teeming with independent coffeehouses, and with so many to choose from, I’ve selected 3 of my favourites. My first stop on this ‘café crawl’ was Chapter One Books in the Northern Quarter.  An independent coffeehouse and bookstore, it offers a quirky medley of all things abstract.  Part of the […]