The Gannet

Founded in February 2015, The Gannet is an online magazine that explores people's lives through the food they cook and eat. We are based in London but travel widely, seeking out food obsessives in Paris, Sweden, New Orleans, Ireland and Mexico City - among many other places. We report our findings on this website and in our print magazine Fork in t... he Road, which launched in September 2016. We've also got a book! The Gannet's Gastronomic Miscellany by Killian Fox was published by Octopus in October 2017 - and republished in September 2018 - and you can pick up a copy right here. The main thing we do is visit people at home and ask them to cook us a favourite dish. Sometimes our hosts are chefs, food writers or producers, but we've also interviewed architects, artists and children's authors - the only requirement is a lively interest in food. These encounters can last anywhere between two and 12 hours (our record is 14.5 - thanks Erika) and cover everything from childhood memories to food aversions to the composition of a perfect breakfast. Alongside each interview, we publish a recipe (or recipes), a list of our interviewee's favourite local restaurants and food shops (see Places) and an inventory of their kitchen objects, ingredients and cookbooks (see Things). Our other reporting - including the regular Adventures and Touring series and The Gannet Q&A - can be found in the Journal section. The Gannet has been praised by The Observer, which featured us in its prestigious annual OFM 50 list, and the leading Spanish daily El Pas, which called us "a breath of fresh air". If you're wondering what a gannet actually is, click here for the literal meaning and here for the slang variant, which seems quite appropriate in this context.Read More