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The Yemeni Lamb Accident
Rod Stanley talks food, music and lamb liver in Downtown Brooklyn with Granta-listed author Ned Beauman.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Clare Considine shares her insights into the life of 85-year- old sushi master Jiro Ono.
The Cockle: Brief, Pleasant Mastication
Tim Burrows celebrates his favourite of the aquatic molluscs.
The Serpent That Ate its Own Tail
A fantastical and grotesque photo series depicting contemporary dishes contributing to their own unconventional demise.
Anissa Helou: A Life in Objects
The Gourmand visits Anissa Helou's Shoreditch loft to learn more about her life through the objects she collects.
Against Nature: Blue Cocktails
Sam Bompas discusses the resurgence of the blue cocktail and its history.
Matta-Clark's FOOD
Natasha Hoare examines the legacy of Gordon Matta-Clark's 1970s SoHo eatery – a restaurant and a work of art in its own right.
Pleasure as Rebellion: In the Kitchen with Lydia Lunch
Nadine Monem discusses feeding with No Wave heroine and recent cookbook author Lydia Lunch.
Liquid Soul
Kyle Hugall asserts that an animal's soul lies in its bones and muses on the often over- looked and most primal of cook- ing elements – stock. Illustration by Jean Jullien.
The Bird's Odyssey
Gustav Almestål and Niklas Hansen hail the cock that crows in this surreal yet beautiful study of the bird and the egg.
The Hippophagic Oath
Holly Ellyatt discusses our inconsistent moral relationship with horsemeat.
Drink Me
Patrick Baglee's essay on wine labels, the traditional constraints of their design and those who are moving it forwards.
New Malden's Delicious Secret
Ananda Pellerin and photographer Neil Wissink visit London's sprawling suburbia to seek out the finest Korean cuisine.
Sipping Salepi to Extinction
Dawn Starin offers an insight into salepi – a drink made from the tubers of the orchid flower.
Measures of Quality
Artist Jamie Brown's beautifully crafted installations depict the five cocktail families and their signature components.
Garden of Earthly Delights
Stylist Zoe Bedeaux and photographer Jez Tozer re-enact the surrealist Méret Oppenheim's in- famous 1959 work Cannibal Feast.
Dripping Honey and Dead Rabbits: An Interview With Jennifer Rubell
Janine Catalano travels to artist Jennifer Rubell's Miami home, to talk to her about the significant role food plays in her work and life.
An Illustrated Trip to London's Historic Meat and Fish Markets Brothers Gwendel and Yann
Le Bec visit London's historic markets to document them and their inhabitants.
Chandler Burr's Scent Dinners Laura Bradley interviews scent critic and author Chandler Burr about his Scent Dinners.
The Ceres Joker
Ryan Chetiyawardana offers his recipe for this most fantastical of cocktails.
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Artist John Baldessari recommends his favourite restaurants, cafés and bars.