English cuisine has always been laughed at by its European neighbors as bland, greasy and overcooked. This may or not be true, but one thing is for sure—not one of our European neighbors’ cuisines can ...

As with all other Gastropod episodes, hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley take a deep dive into the history, answering the flurry of original questions that surfaces alongside each Pudding Week.

There are so many different directions I could go this month, but this time of year makes me long for mom’s plum pudding. Plum pudding is an English recipe; it is a cross between a pudding and a cake.

Last year, one of my colleagues, Shawn Vestal, wrote an ode on this page to finger steaks. They taste fine, sure, but let’s review what they are. Finger steaks are small pieces of cow soaked in ...

Journalist Kate Colquhoun traces the origins of traditional Christmas foods, such as English pudding, the boiled dessert made with suet or lard, in Taste : The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking.