Eating Well is the Best Revenge

Borough Market in London is the home of The Ginger Pig. Tim Wilson, who farmed his North Yorkshire pasture, producing cattle, sheep, and pigs with a passion for sustaining rare breeds, was asked to join the market’s relaunch in the 1990s. It all started with one man on a butcher’s block with a chopper, preparing chops and roasts by day and sleeping in his van at night. As well as a full raw offering, visitors can buy pork pies, scotch eggs, and famous hot sausage rolls.

Abel Giandolini opened the original Ivy restaurant in 1917 as an unlicensed Italian in the West End. The Ivy has since blossomed into a restaurant popular among celebrities and theatergoers. It has expanded into locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland, known as the Ivy Collection. According to legend, the restaurant’s name originated from a remark actress Alice Delysia made. She overheard Giandolini apologize to a customer for the inconvenience caused by building works. When he said that it was because he intended to create a restaurant, she interjected, “Don’t worry – we will always come and see you. ‘We will cling together like the ivy'”, a line from the then-popular song “Just Like the Ivy I’ll Cling to You.”