TOAST Magazine

Each week we publish articles on books, artists, seasonal recipes, travel and the stories of our makers and materials.

A MINI HISTORY OF THE PARKA

Andie Cusick The parka is often thought to have its origins in the military

11 years ago
APPLES

By Orlando Gough See Orlando Gough's Recipe Journal here.

11 years ago
SPIRIT OF PLACE / ARMORICAN BEAUTY

Michael Smith At the end of the summer I spent a week at my brother-in-law's

11 years ago
BLACK COUNTRY

At last night's Forward Prize 2014, poet Liz Berry won the Felix Dennis Prize

11 years ago
THE HIGH LINE

Kate O'Brien As the sun set on the New York City skyline last month, sweaty

11 years ago
A MINI HISTORY OF... THE BROGUE

Andie Cusick As a child, I loved polishing shoes. Every week I would help my

11 years ago
FALAFEL AND MUJADARRA

Orlando Gough Gaza. O, O, O, O. I'm working on the production of a piece

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THE DROVING PROJECT

Catrina Davies drives cattle along an ancient drovers' route in Scotland's

11 years ago
AUGUST TOAST / MOSEL WITH DINOSAURS

Nat Lucas The building of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, in 1991 toppled the

11 years ago
PENELOPE FITZGERALD: A LIFE

Penelope Fitzgerald, 1940 Dooley Archive This week, Professor Dame Hermione

11 years ago
ALPINE FLOWERS

Kate O'Brien Last month I spent some time sleeping next to Mont Blanc in a

11 years ago
WORKSPACE / RICHARD COOK

Richard Cook is a painter who, having trained at St Martin's School of Art and

11 years ago
SKATE

Orlando Gough Last week I went to stay in Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast,

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SPIRIT OF PLACE / PORT ELIOT

Michael Smith As we drove over the water, above Isambard Kingdom Brunel's

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JULY TOAST / SYMPHONY OF MINIATURES

"Nat Lucas "Good symphonies are often in some ways an unfolding sequence of"

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TEXTURES / ANNA KARENINA

Caroline Davidson My copy of Anna Karenina looks a little as if it's been hit

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CACTI

Kate O'Brien The shoe fits when it comes to collective nouns. Consider a flock

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SPIRIT OF PLACE / KETTLE'S YARD

Michael Smith I was happily lost in Cambridge, enchanted by its gothic

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FAST FOOD / AGA V MICROWAVE

Orlando Gough The other day in the Grauniad, under the headline DON'T KNOCK

11 years ago
JUNE TOAST / ELDERFLOWER TWO WAYS

Nat Lucas Elderflower blooms herald the arrival of picnic season, granting

11 years ago
SEAWEED

Kate O'Brien My interest in seaweed was reawakened last month, a madeleine

11 years ago
A MINI HISTORY OF THE BRETON SHIRT

Andie CusickI saw him pacing through the bedroom and the lofts like those

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SPIRIT OF PLACE / DUNGENESS

In his new column Michael Smith responds to the essence of a place Escaping

11 years ago
LA CUCINA FUTURISTA

Orlando Gough Centenary fever! We're facing a fusillade of First World War

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