Love in snapshots: in a world where we define people by their job titles, I am defined by the love and the generosity of my friends: More to follow as I pack up and move over the next fortnight… Jack… Read More ›
Life & Food 
Defined by the love of my friends.
I wrote back in July 2012, in the article ‘Hunger Hurts’ (http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/07/30/hunger-hurts/): “You sell the meagre DVD collection for an even more meagre sum, the netbook, a camera, you wash clothes in basic washing powder that makes your skin itch…. Read More ›
Eek! Presents! Thankyou Schwartz!
So, a funny thing happened this week, in my funny life. On BBC Radio Wales on Wednesday afternoon, I mentioned that I buy just one herb or spice a week to add to my collection, in order to widen the… Read More ›
FareShare Feeding the 5000: 1st June
I’ve been invited along to speak at the FareShare ‘Feeding The 5000′ event on College Green in Bristol on Saturday 1 June. It’s an event about food waste and food poverty, and there will be a petition on the day… Read More ›
‘Our Jack lands book deal and prestigious award’: Southend Echo, 16 May
Jack Monroe. Twitter: @MsJackMonroe
Reader’s Recipes: Clare’s Kind-of-Ratatouille
My budget is not as tight as it once was, but when my son was small there were days when I was reduced to searching the cracks in the sofa for change so that I could buy milk. You don’t… Read More ›
Photos from the Fortnum & Mason Food And Drink Awards
Kindly sent to me by Lindsay from Fortnum & Mason. Not to be reproduced without permission. Top to bottom: 1. Claudia Winkleman and her famous friend! 2. Impromptu nervous speech, which lots of people on Twitter then called ‘the best… Read More ›
The queer juxtaposition of writing the news and being the news…
I think today’s Southend Echo pretty much sums up my life as it is at the moment. Front page: News story written by me, about Council wasting horrendous amounts of money on a failed project in a time of austerity…. Read More ›
Reader’s Recipes: Bob’s Terrific Recipe For Afters
This is a terrific recipe for afters – extremely versatile and very sympathetic vis-a-vis leftovers. (And if you want to use it in your book please do.) There are two parts to this recipe and you need to prepare them… Read More ›
WINNER: JUDGES CHOICE AWARD at Fortnum & Mason Food And Drink Awards
So… I won’t keep you all in the same suspense that I was in tonight – I’ve just got home and thought I’d better write something scrambled and incoherent about the Fortnum And Mason Food And Drink Awards… “Tonight’s Judges… Read More ›
