About our events
The British Library Food Season returns for its seventh year, bringing together some of the most influential names in food, drink, hospitality, literature and science, for a series of events that highlight the stories, the politics and the people behind how and why we eat.
What's on
British Library Food Season Big Weekend
British Library Food Season launches with the Big Weekend.
At the Irish Table
Food, culture and tradition across the island of Ireland.
Vittles presents: From Aspic to Instagram
Food Photography Through the Ages.
Kitchen Counter Cultures: Rethinking Womens’ Culinary World
A rich and provocative celebration of women who have cooked, created, and lived in radically imaginative ways.
The Edible Archive: Palestinian Memory and Resistance
Land, Seeds, Roots and Growth.
From Food Lovers to Change Makers
Turning passion for food into power to transform the food system.
In the Heat Together: Couples in the Kitchen
Couple and sibling relationships in the pressure cooker of the commercial kitchen.
Much Ado About Cooking
Appetite, feasting and hunger in Shakespeare, with Simon Russell Beale and guests.
Please Sir, I Want Some More: Revolutionising What Kids Eat
How some school cooks are creating magic on a shoestring.
Ruthie Rogers: On Kitchens, Culture and River Cafe
The award-winning chef, restaurateur and podcaster in conversation with Cynthia Shanmugalingam.
Palm Oil: The Crisis of a Contested Food
How a vital cultural ingredient came to be demonised.
Silk Roads and Ottoman Routes: How Ingredients and Tastes came to Europe
A journey along the routes that remade global eating.
Seaweed
Seaweed’s culinary past and its future on our plates.
The Legacy of Edna Lewis
How the mother of soul food shaped modern cookery.
From Masala to Miso: the Many Worlds of Curry
From India to Japan, Southeast Asia to Trinidad, how curry carries meaning and identity.
From Fork to Fiction: Food and Drink Writers Turned Novelists
Crossing genres and rewriting expectations with Catherine Kurtz, Felicity Cloake Gurdeep Loyal and Olly Smith.
Firepower: the Women Redefining BBQ
Turning smoke, fire, and flavour into a vibrant, inclusive culinary culture.
Bourdain and the Myth of the Kitchen Hero
Jay Rayner, Sally Abé, Andrew Clarke and Zoe Williams on influence, masculinity and the pressures of chef culture.
Food Matters for Food Lovers
This two-day course will inspire, inform, and equip you with the knowledge and skills to think, eat and write about food in a more meaningful way.
How to Party in Pompeii, with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins
The celebrated classicists dig into the food of the Romans, at this Instant Classics live recording.
Neneh & Andi: 45 years of Friendship, Family and Food
With Neneh Cherry and Andi Oliver.