Edible Histories

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The Borough Market guide to baking

A celebration of the art, science and alchemy of baking

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Market Life: the producers

Read a digital edition devoted to the people behind Borough Market’s produce

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William Shakespeare, Borough Market shopper

Why we can confidently say that the Bard of Avon bought his groceries at Borough
Lá fhéile Pádraig

The history of St Patrick, and how he came to be inextricably woven into Irish identity
At your convenience: the fridge

Angela Clutton on the life-changing invention of the fridge
At your convenience: the toaster

Angela Clutton on the life-changing invention of the pop-up toaster
The forgotten kitchen: colour

Bee Wilson finds inspiration in our historic penchant for food colourings
At your convenience: the whisk

How the development of the whisk stemmed from and influenced the changing role of women

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