DailyTakeaways

19/08/2026

On (19 August) savour the World Food Photography Awards website featuring amazing focuses in wide-ranging categories including 'Food at the Table' winner Jo Kearney's 'A Woman Eats in the Canteen of the Soviet-era Sanatorium'
https://www.worldfoodphotographyawards.com/finalists-gallery-2026/

15/08/2026

Meaningful meals mark India's Independence Day (15 August) such as Poori Bhaji - deep-fried Poori (unleavened bread) with Aloo ki Sabji (potato and tomato curry) - "shared among fighters becoming a symbol of sustenance and resistance"
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/independence-day-special-4-dishes-that-have-a-history-with-indias-independence-day/photostory/112546197.cms

14/08/2026

A huge 1300-kilo cake lies at the heart of one of Italy's most historic celebrations (14 August). La Torta dei Fieschi in Lavagna, Genoa, replicates the 13th century marriage of the Count of Lavagna to a noblewoman when portions of the multi-layered treat were distributed free to all present

05/02/2026

Who would be your ideal lunch guests and what would you serve? It's a modern conversation piece but for American writer Carson McCullers (5 Feb 1959) it was no less than film idol Marilyn Monroe and Babette’s Feast author Isak Dinesen for soufflé, oysters, grapes and champagne

04/12/2025

They're very different products but there's a 4 December link between Spam, Fray Bentos and Burger King.
In 1860 , Spam company founder George A. Hormel was born; in 1865, Fray Bentos manufacturers Liebig Extract of Meat Company was formed in London and in 1954, Miami hosted the opening of the first Burger King outlet.
You heard it here first 🙂

03/12/2025

If you've ever wondered what kind of fuels brilliance and innovation, in the case of French movie director Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 Dec 1930) it was a constant feed of omelettes and beer, according to a colleague. Oh "and an apple for breakfast"

The cinematographer recalls working with the radical French director, a man who transformed cinema and survived on omelettes and beer

28/11/2025

Storytelling American photographer Bill Arnold (born 28 Nov 1941) recommends never being without a camera. Which explains his specific instruction for making his Melted Cheese Sandwich in 'The Photographers Cookbook' (see comments) to place it in a hot oven "being careful not to let your camera slip off your shoulder”

27/11/2025

While the focus is on in the USA, in France it's also St Siffrein’s Feast Day - said to be the traditional start of the Black Truffle Market in Carpentras, Provence - and in the UK, it's Lancashire Day, a region that's home to the celebrated hotpot of lamb and potatoes

26/11/2025

Of all the gin joints... one of the iconic cocktails served at Rick's Bar when Oscar-winning movie Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (pictured) premiered in New York (26 Nov 1942) was the French 75 (gin, Champagne, lemon juice and sugar). So let's drink it again in celebration!

11/09/2025

It's said that the earliest Spanish cookbook was written in the Catalan language so imagine the culinary delights for La Diada - Catalonia's national day (11 Sept). Yet its staple food couldn't be simpler - 'pa amb tomáquet', toasted bread, salt, rubbed with tomato, ended with olive oil