Recipes & writing from Melissa Thompson, a London-based food & drink writer with a love of ice cream, fried chicken and anti-racism.

Melissa Thompson is a writer, author and broadcaster. A columnist for BBC Good Food magazine, she is also ambassador for Weber Grills and an award-winning writer covering food for publications including The Guardian, Waitrose Magazine and Stylist. SheI also write recipes for magazines and develop them for brands.

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Oh @ainsleyfoods. What an incredible person you are. Last night's @britishlibrary Food Season event was an absolute dream - Ainsley shared so many beautiful insights, made us laugh, cry and think. Then he got a standing ovation, and then you should'v
Skipped Goat Tacos from @lily_ramirezforan's brilliant TACOS book. Wanted to make these the moment I saw the recipe - brined kid goat shoulder, cooked over a tray of water spiked with bay and cumin. So so good. @cabritogoatmeat shoulder, smoked on my
Everyone, please say hello to MOTHERLAND, my first book. Motherland charts the history of Jamaica, told through food. From the indigenous Jamaicans through to the Europeans, Africans and the others who made their home on the island, whether by choic
Just had dinner at Sushi Shimai on Milkwood Rd in Loughborough Junction and it was brilliant. Really fresh, brilliantly executed. Great service. Thanks for taking us C & H. Chicken yakitori were ridiculously good, lovely sushi, the freshest sashi
Just over a week until I sit down with @ainsleyfoods at the @britishlibrary for the Food Season. Really looking forward to a proper chat with a true pioneer, who I've grown up watching on television. Now I get to ask him all the questions I've alway
The crisp sandwich. In @pitmagazineuk's potato edition, available to pre-order now. My heart sings when I get to write about the more frivolous things in life. Not that crisp sandwiches are frivolous - they're not, they are very, very important. Pre-
Oxtail at @maureensbrixtonkitchen with Jackson @blackeatsldn 🖤
A week ago I'd set off for Belfast for the inaugural Gastronomy Summit with @ulsteruni and @don_occ. Didn't really know what to expect but it blew my mind. Loads of fascinating discussion, interesting people and good food. Set in the backdrop of a bu
Lovely lunch @chubbydumplinguk, sitting on a kerb at Brockley Market. Our first visit in 2+ years. Been too long and cleared out my fuzzy head (though I am already in bed) ❤️