Conservative MP Richard Holden led a debate in U.K. Parliament this week, campaigning for pie and mash — a working-class dish with a rich history — to be given an official protected designation.

The story of pie and mash begins in the mid-19th century, when shipping docks opened in East London and the dish became a working-class food mainly made with eels.

London, once the heartland for Pie and Mash, now has less than 40 shops open in 2025. Reviews of M.Manze consistently rate it 5 stars, with one review saying that the meal was “wonderful” and ...

London’s queen of pie and mash, Emma Harrington, is already there when I arrive at The Wolseley City, little sister to the original, the purveyor of breakfasts to the rich and famous. The fourth ...

A UK lawmaker wants protected status for classic Cockney dish pie and mash By: The Associated Press Posted: 12:19 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 Last Modified: 12:59 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 ...

With a number of pie and mash shops under threat, Castle’s is still going strong, 90 years after it opened. 229 Royal College Street, NW1 9LT, 020 7485 2196 ...

The experience begins well before the first note of the score is played, as theatergoers enter a four-walled, tile-for-tile recreation of Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop, one of the oldest pie ...

LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker has joined campaigners calling for a cornerstone of Cockney cuisine, pie and mash, to be given protected status as a distinct traditional food.