Hannah Twiggs

London

Editor, IndyEats Food and Drink at The Independent

✨ Always eating, sometimes writing ✨ 👩🏼‍💻 Editor of IndyEats, food and drink for @independent ✉ Pitches to: [email protected]

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Articles

Fine and Dime: One neighbourhood, two bistros, totally different dinners

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

Fine and DimeOne’s all camembert and carafes; the other’s lobster rice and loud playlists. In the latest Fine and Dime, Hannah Twiggs asks: can two very different restaurants both be bistros – and both be brilliant? From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
20 recipes to upgrade your May bank holiday barbecue

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

RecipesFrom chimichurri steaks to coal-roasted aubergines and spicy salmon skewers with a red pepper sauce on the side, Hannah Twiggs rounds up 20 summer-ready recipes to see you through the May bank holiday in styleBritain’s relationship with barbecues is a curious thing. We treat the slightest suggestion of sunshine like a royal decree to sprint to the nearest supermarket, clear it of sausages and do questionable things to meat over gas or a few sorry coals.
How Rosie Kellett feeds 10 for £25 a week - and why more of us might start

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

Food FocusTired of overpriced dinners out, Rosie Kellett built a life – and a cookbook – around the simple joy of communal meals, late plates and £25-a-week budgets. Could sharing food, costs and kitchen tables be the future of surviving in the Big Smoke?
From oat milk to yoghurt and smoothies: the hidden sugars in your ‘healthy’ choices

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

Food FocusThe government’s plan to expand the sugar tax is welcome because products often marketed as diet-friendly, protein-rich or healthy choices can be packed with hidden sugars. Hannah Twiggs looks at how to spot the worst offendersThe government has announced it will extend the sugar tax to include pre-packaged milk-based drinks like bottled milkshakes and iced coffees.
London Marathon 2025: 15 super healthy carb-load recipes perfect for the ultimate running workout

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

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Frankenchickens are still on sale — here’s what supermarkets won’t tell you

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

Food FocusDespite promising better animal welfare, most UK retailers still sell chickens bred to grow so fast they can barely walk. As Co-op members prepare to vote on change, Hannah Twiggs asks: how did we end up here – and what’s really stopping supermarkets from doing better?
What to eat before the London Marathon 2025 – and how to make it race-day ready

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

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Gut-friendly recipes: How to use plant points to support your gut health

3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

Hannah Twiggs speaks to nutritionist Dr Emily Prpa about how something called ‘plant points’ – no, not a wellness gimmick – could be the simplest way to eat better, boost your gut and still enjoy your foodHannah TwiggsThere’s something about the arrival of spring – the lighter evenings, the smug joy of leaving your coat at home – that makes you want to eat a little better. Not a detox, and certainly not a diet. Just food that feels like it’s doing something for you, rather than to you.
What a proper Turkish BBQ looks like - and why you’ve been getting it wrong

3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

Food FocusForget the post-pub pile-up of meat and rice. At The Counter in Notting Hill, former windsurfing champ Kemal Demirasal is bringing calm, precision and soul back to the mangal – no lager basting required, writes Hannah TwiggsThere’s a familiar image conjured by the words “Turkish BBQ”. A heaving plate of meat, skewers bent under the weight, rice piled so high it could double as a topographical feature and a smear of sauce trying to hold it all together.
12 best Easter lamb recipes - roast, shoulder and slow-cooked ideas

3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Hannah Twiggs

RecipesFrom garlic-studded legs to harissa-slathered shoulders and lamb swimming in miso cream, Hannah Twiggs rounds up the best lamb recipes to make this Easter the most delicious one yetLamb at Easter is as inevitable as a cold snap over the bank holiday. Still, just because tradition dictates it, doesn’t mean it has to be dull.