Food & Diet
Dig into objects, stories and blogs that shine a light on food and diet through London’s history.
Blogs-And-Stories
Morley’s: South London’s chicken shop
The pride of south London since 1985, courtesy of bossman
London’s pie & mash shops
In the 1990s, Chris Clunn photographed a unique yet fading London food tradition
London’s historic pubs
Highwaymen hangouts, Thameside landmarks – and a local co-owned by Ian McKellen
You scream, we scream: A London history of ice cream
Churning out the facts about the city’s favourite frozen treat
A thousand years of Billingsgate Market
The prize catch of London’s fish trade, home to a unique culture and generations of working history
Borough Market: London's oldest food-trading hub
Borough Market has drawn food enthusiasts to its stalls for around a thousand years
Roman Road Market: Shopping for East London history
Where else could you find pie and mash, biriani, Suffragette history and a grime music landmark?
Spitalfields Market: 400 years of feeding London
A former fruit and veg trading hub in the heart of the East End
Jellied eels might be the ultimate London delicacy
Caught in the Thames or shipped from abroad, eels have a long history of sustaining Londoners
