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Read some of the compelling stories behind the Market’s produce and take inspiration from an impressive cast of traders, campaigners and food writers

Angela Clutton takes a decade-by-decade tour of the nation’s attitudes towards cooking and eating

Kathy Slack on the tricky art of growing asparagus

Angela Clutton on the welcome springtime arrival of sharp, crunchy radishes

Bee Wilson on how, in defiance of the old consensus, asparagus can be cooked using methods other than boiling

Ed Smith takes an in-depth look at wild garlic

Noel Fitzjohn of Fitz Fine Foods on location-spotting, constant vigilance and the menace of dogs

With the help of Borough Market’s cosmopolitan cast of traders, Ed Smith takes a look at Easter culinary customs from around Europe

How were Borough Market’s traders influenced by their mothers and grandmothers? Clare Finney finds out

Cheesemaker Mary Quicke on complex cultures, the importance of grazing, and why more women should run dairies

Polly Russell on how Wikipedia’s underrepresentation of women in food reflects social attitudes towards gender roles

Eva Garcia of Brindisa on the craft of the ‘cortadora de jamón’

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