Section: Food
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Moss Side — from no-go zone to culinary hotspot
In the 1990s, one inner-city neighbourhood became synonymous with Manchester’s rising tide of gang and gun crime. Now it’s a vibrant community, serving up cuisine from East Africa, the Caribbean and beyond
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Happy halal holidays
From streets filled with decorations to supermarket aisles bursting with seasonal treats, Christmas is everywhere — grab a mince pie, turn on the TV and settle in
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Tea, coffee? Both, please
To many people tea is a way of life, while others can’t consider living without coffee. I chose to have it all
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Growing back to our roots
No matter how much or how little land we have, gardening for food and pleasure is an integral part of Bangladeshi culture
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London Halal Food Festival in pictures
From luxury wedding cakes to camel milk ice-cream, the weekend’s food and lifestyle expo showed a fast evolving halal food sector. Photography by Saima Khalid
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Sharing snacks is good for the soul
From pakoras and hummus to tea and biscuits, eating between meals can offer us a chance to recharge and connect with one another
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The man who spiced up life in the Georgian era
Sake Dean Mahomet, a 19th-century Muslim pioneer, established the first Indian restaurant in Britain
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Store cupboard love
My mother’s stockpile of lentils, chickpeas, cooking oil and treats reaches deep into our family heritage and shows just how much she cares for us all
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Recipes to remember
South Asian food culture is often intuitive, improvisatory and passed on by word of mouth. Preserving it can be uniquely challenging
