Hannah Twiggs is The Independent’s Food and Drink Editor, Editor of IndyEats magazine and Editorial Lead for commercial wine content, commissioning, editing and writing food and drinks news, features, opinion pieces and restaurant reviews and guides. She was formerly the Deputy Features Editor, helping to run the Long Reads desk and building up a portfolio of long-form features across News, Lifestyle, Culture, Health, Science and Tech. She first joined The Independent in 2016 as a sub-editor for the app, having worked as a beat reporter in southeast London for three years, and during that time supported the launch of our first paywall as well leading the infographics programme, most notably covering the UK and US elections from 2018 to 2020.
Gone are the days of burgers that require structural engineering just to eat them. Patties smashed flat against a searing hot griddle resulting in a crispy, caramelised crust are the latest culinary craze sweeping social media and British restaurants. But how did this great depression-era cooking hack become the trend du jour, asks Hannah Twiggs
The newly starred Ormer by Sofian Msetfi proves that not only can the smallest plates tell the grandest stories, but that sometimes it pays to be to be the understated option in Mayfair’s sea of extravagance
The newly starred Ormer by Sofian Msetfi proves that not only can the smallest plates tell the grandest stories, but that sometimes it pays to be to be the understated option in Mayfair’s sea of extravagance
