Food Season 2023

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Our tastiest season of events is back.

Food Season returns for 2023 with a delectable menu of events online and at the Library inspired by the cookbooks, recipes and culinary stories in our collection, as well as some of the brightest and most influential names in food.

Speakers include Nigella Lawson, Nadiya Hussein, Andi Oliver, Ken Hom, Olia Hercules and Fergus Henderson.

Join us as we find ourselves travelling through food conversations from English farms to China, via the Caribbean and the Baltics. Plus, tuck in to conversations around feminist kitchens, fermented foodstuffs and the worlds of TV chefs. 

Find many more of our previous events on our BLPlayer.

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Series events

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At the Library and online

Hand to Mouth: The Multiple Lives of the Sandwich

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At the Library and online

Food on Social Media: Photos, Fads, Feasts and Fans

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At the Library and online

Eating for the Elderly

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At the Library and online

Inspiring Entrepreneurs: The Business of Food – From Farm to Fork

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Borough Market

After Hours at Borough Market

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Leyla Kazim, Sandor Ellix Katz, Alissa Timoshkina, Kenji Morimoto, James Read
At the Library and online

Fermentation: How Cultures Shape Culture

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Smashing the Food Hierarchy
At the Library and online

Smashing the Food Hierarchy: Re-Evaluating the World’s Foods

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The Journey of Jollof
At the Library

The Journey of Jollof

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Left to right: Marie Mitchell, Andi Oliver, and Melissa Thompson
At the Library and online

Caribbean Connections: Stories and Recipes Across the Diaspora

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At the Library and online

British Library Food Season Super Sunday

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Photos of Rebecca May Johnson, Sue O'Sullivan, Rosamund Grant and Shaila Shah, alongside the cover image for Turning the Tables
At the Library

The Feminist Kitchen: Turning the Tables

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At the Library and online

Cooking for Joy: Celebrating Joyce Molyneux

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Photos of Polly and Mat Hilton, and Harry G West, alongside a photo of Jim Causley playing the accordion
At the Library

Here's To Thee! The Social World of Cider

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At the Library and online

London Finds Itself

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Photos of ice cream shaped like fruits and animals
At the Library

Get the Scoop: The Everything of Ice-Cream

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Nose to tail
At the Library and online

Nose to Tail: Fergus Henderson at 60

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Left to Right: Gurdeep Loyal, Terri Mercieca, Rachel Rumbol and Hugh Richard Wright
At the Library

Queering the Table

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At the Library and online

TV Chefs Fact vs Fiction: Bonnie Garmus and Nadiya Hussain with Sara Cox

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Olia Hercules – Credit: Joe Woodhouse
At the Library

The Bread Basket of Europe

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