A Hot Waitrose Summer

A seasonal dispatch from Pantry Puss, where the rosé is chilled, the expectations are high, and the recipes come with emotional baggage.

Spice Lords in the House of Hot Sauce

Sauces you’d actually want on your table (that aren’t screaming for attention)

I'm not like other soft drinks

I'm fermented

Clubcard Cornucopia

At the self checkout with a chicken Caesar wrap, a Yazoo, and a small sense of shame.

Noodles in an instant when everything else is falling apart

Is it time to stop drinking coffee?

No? Maybe? Mushrooms?

Nostalgia eats me alive

But Freddo will always be a unit of current economic despair.

Has water forgotten that it's water?

The most insecure drink in the fridge.

Are you in the Breakfast Club?

Make toast buttery again.

Why does everything have protein in now?

Humble eggs, cottage cheese hell, and 70 slices of bacon.

Are we still addicted to Diet Coke?

Also bus stop goths, Bert's AG1 intake, and a Colin the Caterpillar related breakdown.

The Era of Frankenstein Food

Cruffins, cronuts, and spicy ice cream balls.