food writing

Part 2: Spaghetti Carbonara - Theodora FitzGibbon, 1952

My journey through British Carbonara recipes starts with Theodora Fitzgibbon’s 1952 recipe, from ‘Cosmopolitan Cookery in an English Kitchen.’

Sep 21

Pesto Genovese

I’ve been eating pesto since 1977 and making it since the mid 1980s. This is my pesto.

Sep 18 • Mark Gowen

Food & Faith

It’s 15th August, ‘Ferragaosto,’ and I’m in Sori on the Riviera East of Genova. For the first time in well over 30 years, I was attending the…

Sep 10, 2025 • Mark Gowen

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