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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 […]

Milk and Honey: Hope in abundance

Milk and Honey: Hope in abundance

Explore Milk and Honey, a volunteer led cosy café just next to the University, with plenty of events and projects happening over the next few months.

Haus: Fallowfield food has never been better

Haus: Fallowfield food has never been better

Student favourite Fallow Cafe is being replaced by a Nordic inspired cafe and nightclub: Haus.

Fallowfield’s food under the microscope

Fallowfield’s food under the microscope

Felix Hanif-Banks explores whether your favourite Fallowfield eateries are really up to the hygiene scratch

Everything’s changing: food on campus

Everything’s changing: food on campus

Read about the changes to food on The University of Manchester’s campus and whether more can be done to help students in their day to day lives

Black History Month: Food and Cultural Identity

Black History Month: Food and Cultural Identity

Hear from two Manchester residents about the importance of food in their cultural identity.

#VegOutTogether

#VegOutTogether

Get inspired to cook healthy meals for your whole student flat with Manchester based company, Veg Box People. #vegouttogether

The mid-week cheap eats of dreams

The mid-week cheap eats of dreams

Contributor Elena Meritxell Bradley gives us a breakdown of Manchester’s best naughty ‘cheap’ eats. Tried and tested, you won’t be disappointed

Fallowfield bids farewell to Fallow Café

Fallowfield bids farewell to Fallow Café

A new restaurant named HAUS will soon open on the site that was previously Fallow Café

PLY presents Oktoberfest

PLY presents Oktoberfest

Laura Swain goes to visit PLY for their 10 day Oktoberfest themed event, sampling the finest German beers and pizza they have to offer.

Veggie Pret lands in Manchester

Veggie Pret lands in Manchester

An all-new Veggie Pret is set to open its doors in Deansgate

The advantages of seasonal eating

The advantages of seasonal eating

Catrin Stewart writes that eating seasonal produce can only do you good

Autumn 2018 food trends our ancestors would be proud of!

Autumn 2018 food trends our ancestors would be proud of!

Sources suggest that the fermentation/pickling process, buying hyper-local produce to minimise environmental impact, healthy fast food and snacks, and booze-free food and drink are all popular trends during 2018. The trends of fermentation/pickling and buying from the most localised sources indicate a fashionable step into Britain’s agricultural past. What can we, in 2018, learn from […]