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Hannah Twiggs

Food and Drink Editor@hannah_twiggs

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.

<p>Dual Lipa has extolled the merits of adding olive oil to ice cream</p>
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Caviar, baked beans and the bizarre ice cream toppings you should try

Gone are the days when ice cream toppings involved a simple choice: chocolate or strawberry sauce. Thanks to Dua Lipa, TikTok and the country’s top Michelin-starred chefs, the boundaries of what constitutes dessert have been redrawn. Hannah Twiggs has the scoop

<p>Ormer bagged its first Michelin star earlier this year </p>
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Ormer, Mayfair, review: Proof that there’s still life in small plates

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<p>After four decades of working in restaurants, Wareing is hanging up his apron... at least for a while </p>
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Marcus Wareing: A Michelin star doesn’t mean you’ll get a better meal

<p>Yes, chef! There is no stopping Gordon Ramsay </p>
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How Gordon Ramsay became the ‘Kim Kardashian’ of chefs

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Anna Jones: The standard bearer for modern British vegetarian cooking

<p>It might be a while before we see any real change to the bill </p>
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Food inflation has fallen – will the cost of eating out ever go down?

<p>Roasted duck magret with marinated daikon radishes is a dish that cannot be missed </p>
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Pavyllon: Yannick Alléno’s 16th star shines brightly in Mayfair

<p>BrewDog has backtracked on its promise to pay staff the London living wage </p>
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BrewDog: how the anarchic brewery went from progressive to problematic

<p>According to a new book, tomato sauce on pizza was invented in America in the 19th century </p>
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Pizzas? Croissants? National dishes that aren’t from where you think

<p>Shape of... ew! Sheeran told TopJaw’s Jesse Burgess about eating shirako – fish semen – in Japan </p>
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Ed Sheeran’s favourite restaurants show how out of touch he really is

<p>‘Jamie Oliver’s Air Fryer Meals’, basically a two-hour-long advert for Tefal, has become a talking point – and not in a good way </p>
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Even Jamie Oliver’s ridiculous show can’t kill off the air fryer trend

<p>“I rented an apartment on La Rambla, equidistant from the city’s vibrant core and the beach, determined to play local for the next two weeks...”</p>
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Reconnection, culinary mishaps and the art of slow living in Barcelona

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<p>“I rented an apartment on La Rambla, equidistant from the city’s vibrant core and the beach, determined to play local for the next two weeks...”</p>
<p>With native oyster season upon us, now is the perfect time to shuck your way through the best Britain has to offer</p>
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Shuck and awe: The best places to eat oysters across the UK

<p>There’s good reason to only eat oysters in months with an ‘R’ in them</p>
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A guide to native oysters and how not to get them wrong

<p>With so many varities to choose from, knowing where to start with red wine can feel intimidating </p>
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<p>Rayner’s steak bake is inspired by none other than Gregg’s </p>
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Jay Rayner’s debut cookbook: How the restaurant critic cooks at home

<p>Rayner’s steak bake is inspired by none other than Gregg’s </p>
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Jay Rayner’s debut cookbook: How the restaurant critic cooks at home

<p>All these recipes can be prepped in 20 minutes or less and pack a punch in terms of flavour and nutrients</p>
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Simple school suppers: Quick and healthy recipes to simplify teatime

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<p>Summery Asian delights: a trio of vibrant dishes that make fish anything but boring</p>
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Bored of fish? These summery Asian recipes will change your mind

<p>Gail’s bakery: where sourdough loaves come with a side of gentrification and a dash of local controversy</p>
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How Gail’s took over Britain and made it ok to spend a fiver on a loaf

<p>No more dining on bland vegetables and sad, unseasoned chicken... </p>
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Five healthy recipes under 500 calories that are super filling too

<p>Do you dutifully cough up, or do you, like more than a fifth of Brits, gleefully decline to pay an additional service charge? </p>
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Why more UK diners are opting out of service charges in restaurants

<p>Rosé has seen a significant surge in popularity over the past few years </p>
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<p>Some of the UK’s top restaurants are offering a lifeline to those of us who occasionally want to choose our own dinner</p>
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The á la carte comeback: Sometimes, we just want to choose our dinner

<p>Do you dutifully cough up, or do you, like more than a fifth of Brits, gleefully decline to pay an additional service charge? </p>
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Why more UK diners are opting out of service charges in restaurants

<p>Rosé has seen a significant surge in popularity over the past few years </p>
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<p>Some of the UK’s top restaurants are offering a lifeline to those of us who occasionally want to choose our own dinner</p>
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The á la carte comeback: Sometimes, we just want to choose our dinner

<p>Hundreds have signed a petition to banish the bougie bakery from Walthamstow </p>
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Gail’s and other foodie signs your postcode is going up (or down)

Features

Gail’s and other foodie signs your postcode is going up (or down)

<p>Hundreds have signed a petition to banish the bougie bakery from Walthamstow </p>
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Overnight rice pudding to stuffed peppers: 7 ways to up your rice game

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Top shelf vs bottom shelf wines

<p>Upgrade your Savvy B with an elegant Verdejo, now 20% off </p>
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<p>A sense of culinary nationalism is sweeping the country, and cheese is leading the charge </p>
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Why is Britain falling out of love with cheddar cheese?

<p>A sense of culinary nationalism is sweeping the country, and cheese is leading the charge </p>
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Why is Britain falling out of love with cheddar cheese?

<p>The vineyards of the southern Rhône are like an Impressionist painting come to life </p>
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<p>A delightful loaf of vegan matcha raspberry cake, blending the tartness of fresh raspberries with the earthy richness of matcha</p>
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Matcha magic: Six ways to cook with the underrated health food

<p>Sandwich Sandwich offers quality, locally sourced ingredients, with some sarnies weighing in at one kilo</p>
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Is this shop offering one-kilo sandwiches the new Pret?

<p>Cheers to great taste without the wine-d up prices</p>
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Budget Bites: Three recipes to make the most of summer’s best veg

<p>A spread to impress: there’s no better time to pack a picnic and enjoy the great outdoors</p>
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Easy peasy picnic baking recipes

<p>Strawberries and cream may be a summer staple, but there are so many more delicious pudding recpipes to try </p>
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Ace serves: Three Wimbledon recipes beyond strawberries and cream

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Al fresco lunch: Ditch sandwiches and try these fresh, healthy recipes

<p>These family-friendly recipes are loaded with goodness</p>
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Summer recipe refresh: Quick and simple wholesome summer suppers

<p>This spicy stuffed aubergine recipe comes packed with flavour – and a fascinating backstory </p>
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Season’s Eatings: What to cook and eat in July

<p>The market sizzles to life in the summer </p>
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The best things to buy at Borough Market for a summer barbecue

IndyEats

The best things to buy at Borough Market for a summer barbecue

<p>The market sizzles to life in the summer </p>
<p>British strawberries are currently in season </p>
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Professional chefs share their favourite strawberry recipes

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The Independent launches new wine club with Perfect Cellar

<p>Brett Graham’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant first won the accolade from 2010 to 2012 </p>
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The Ledbury named UK’s best restaurant at National Restaurant Awards

<p>When life gives you garlic and tarragon, make chicken that’ll knock your socks off</p>
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Summer dinner party recipes that are so good you won’t want to share

<p>When life gives you garlic and tarragon, make chicken that’ll knock your socks off</p>
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Summer dinner party recipes that are so good you won’t want to share

<p>A reservation bidding site is opening the doors to exclusive member’s clubs like Annabel’s </p>
Features

The website that lets you buy reservations at London’s top restaurants

<p>Who needs deep fryers when you’ve got hot air and a dream?</p>
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From fries to mash: 10 of the best air fryer potato recipes

<p>A hearty and delicious potato hash cooked in the air fryer, perfect for breakfast</p>
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Hearty air fryer potato hash recipe

<p>Golden and crispy potato wedges seasoned to perfection, straight from the air fryer</p>
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Crispy air fryer potato wedges recipe

<p>Creamy and rich mashed potatoes made with air-fried potatoes for a unique roasted flavour</p>
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Creamy air fryer mashed potatoes recipe

<p>You know it’s summer when there’s tomatoes at the market </p>
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Season’s eatings: What to cook and eat in June

<p>Easy, flavourful traybakes with minimal cleanup</p>
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One tray summer: Three traybakes to save time and reduce washing up

<p>Loaded potato skins filled with cheese and bacon, made crispy in the air fryer</p>
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Air fryer potato skins recipe

<p>Perfectly crispy hasselback potatoes made in the air fryer, seasoned to perfection</p>
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Crispy air fryer hasselback potatoes recipe

<p>Cheesy and bacon-filled stuffed potatoes, crispy and delicious from the air fryer</p>
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Delicious air fryer stuffed potatoes recipe

<p>Half veggies, a quarter grains and quarter protein is the rule of thumb for gut-loving buddha bowls </p>
Features

The six ingredients you need to eat every day for good gut health

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The six ingredients you need to eat every day for good gut health

<p>Half veggies, a quarter grains and quarter protein is the rule of thumb for gut-loving buddha bowls </p>
<p>Homemade potato chips cooked to crispy perfection in the air fryer</p>
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Homemade air fryer potato chips recipe

<p>Crispy and delicious sweet potato fries made in the air fryer, perfect for a healthy snack</p>
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Healthy and crispy air fryer sweet potato fries recipe

<p>Crispy roasted potatoes seasoned with rosemary and garlic, fresh out of the air fryer</p>
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Easy air fryer roasted potatoes recipe

<p>Golden and crispy French fries made to perfection in the air fryer</p>
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Perfectly crispy air fryer French fries recipe

<p>Golden and crispy French fries made to perfection in the air fryer</p>
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Perfectly crispy air fryer French fries recipe

<p>Food for thought: these Big Lunch recipes are all for a good cause </p>
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The Big Lunch: Six recipes for a stunning summer street party

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British Tomato Fortnight: 10 easy recipes for summertime dining

<p>These recipes are sure to brighten up alfresco dinner parties </p>
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Eight seasonal recipes for al fresco dinner parties

<p>A blend of Italy’s renowned red grape varieties, it epitomises the essence of Italian winemaking with a modern twisT </p>
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Hosting a Eurovision party? (We predict) you’ll need these recipes

<p>These recipes are warming, satisfying and easily scalable </p>
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Hearty Indian recipes that don’t require hundreds of ingredients

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What does chorizo go well with? Just about everything

<p>Now’s the perfect time to focus on ingredients that are good for us and the planet </p>
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Sweet and savoury baking recipes for seasonal fruit and veg

<p>Each of these recipes contain 30 per cent of your recommended daily folate intake </p>
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We should all be eating more folate to avoid these health problems

<p>Crickets and other critters have been eaten around the world for thousands of years </p>
Features

Worm salt and cricket oil: Why restaurants are ditching beef for bugs

<p>Tag bol?: Tagliatelle – not spaghetti – is the traditional pasta for bolognese </p>
Recipes

Yep, you’ve got ‘spag bol’ all wrong – for this simple reason

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Yep, you’ve got ‘spag bol’ all wrong – for this simple reason

<p>Tag bol?: Tagliatelle – not spaghetti – is the traditional pasta for bolognese </p>
<p>These recipes maximise on flavour, and minimise on food waste, mess and washing up </p>
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Budget Bites: Three warming recipes in less than 10 ingredients

<p>There’s a whole world of wines beyond the mass-produced, supermarket shelves that offer quality without breaking the bank</p>
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<p>Easy tapas dishes that deliver maximum flavour with minimum effort </p>
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Easy tapas recipes for a fiesta at home

<p>Jersey Royals are known for their delicate, waxy skins </p>
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Season’s eatings: What to cook and eat in April

<p>Jersey Royals are known for their delicate, waxy skins </p>
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Season’s eatings: What to cook and eat in April

<p>Fortnum & Mason is, as ever, leading the charge with its range of super luxury Easter eggs </p>
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If you spent £100 on an Easter egg what would you get for your money?

<p>Make Easter indulgence last with these easy baking recipes </p>
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Four recipes to turn leftover Easter chocolate into tomorrow’s treats

<p>This spatchcocked soy and butter chicken is here to steal the show</p>
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Spice up your Easter feast with these alternative main dishes

<p>The festival of colour... and incredibly tasty food </p>
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Eight colourful dishes to try during Holi

<p>Leaves a bitter taste: the total number of women ‘honoured’ by the guide in France is 32 – out of 639</p>
Features

Where are all the women, asks Michelin Guide. Well, not on your list

<p>Festivities for the Guinness-soaked affair will kick off today at Corrigan’s Mayfair </p>
Features

Richard Corrigan: My guide to St Patrick’s Day drinking (and dining)

<p>Spring onions are at their peak from March to June </p>
Recipes

Season’s eatings: What to cook and eat in March

<p>Warning: may cause uncontrollable cravings and spontaneous kitchen dance parties</p>
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Spice up your dinner routine: Simple suppers from around the globe

<p>Festivities for the Guinness-soaked affair will kick off today at Corrigan’s Mayfair </p>
Features

Richard Corrigan: My guide to St Patrick’s Day drinking (and dining)

<p>Spring onions are at their peak from March to June </p>
Recipes

Season’s eatings: What to cook and eat in March

<p>Warning: may cause uncontrollable cravings and spontaneous kitchen dance parties</p>
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Spice up your dinner routine: Simple suppers from around the globe

<p>Small the restaurant might be, but the portions are not. Pictured: braised ox cheek, risotto, salsa verde </p>
IndyEats

Tiella, restaurant review: The best things come in small packages

<p>Lots of cheese and barely any washing up? It’s amore </p>
Recipes

Three recipes for cheese lovers and washing up haters

<p>Reel in some delicious and sustainable solutoins </p>
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Hook, line and dinner: Sustainable tuna recipes for guilt-free suppers

<p>Experts say we should eat 30g of fibre per day </p>
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Fibre February: Three recipes that turn roughage into ravishing

<p>These wines are sure to make this Mother’s Day memorable </p>
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How far can you make a tin of tomatoes go?

<p>Chardonnay has a split personality – and that’s just how we like it </p>
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<p>If you’re after a snug corner, Bistro Freddie is your guy </p>
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Table for two: Our top 100 romantic restaurants in the UK

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