F&W Photo Tour: London

Photo © Leila Peterson

Photographer Leila Peterson takes F&W on a visual tour of London's fantastic markets, indie restaurants scene and historic pubs.

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Follow Leila Peterson on Instagram @dearleila and on her blog. Get her London Hot List here.

I love going to Broadway Market on the weekends. A favorite thing to do in the summer is to buy food from one of the vendors, and eat it on the grass next door, at London Fields. broadwaymarket.co.uk

London Travel Guide

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Broadway Market apples on a rainy morning. broadwaymarket.co.uk

Apple Desserts

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Norbiton Fine Cheese Co., at Broadway Market. norbitoncheese.co.uk

World's Best Food Markets

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Bread, at Broadway Market. broadwaymarket.co.uk

America's Best Bread Bakeries

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The Horseshoe pub in Hampstead has a daily changing menu, and is also the home of Camden Town Brewery. I tried the Sunday burger with triple-cooked chips. thehorseshoehampstead.com

Reader-Favorite Burger Restaurants

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Camden Hells Lager is a local beer, originally brewed right beneath the Horseshoe pub; it later moved down the road to Camden Town. camdentownbrewery.com

Ultimate Beer Guide

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The Geffrye Museum is a museum of the home, focusing on the living rooms and gardens of the English middle class. geffrye-museum.org.uk

A Francophile's Guide to Paris and Provence

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Afternoon tea and cakes at the Geffrye Museum restaurant. geffrye-museum.org.uk

Best Museum Restaurants

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The sunroom at the Geffrye Museum in East London. geffrye-museum.org.uk

World's Best Restaurant Views

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Green onion and cheese stick, at Borough Market's Bread Ahead stall on a Saturday morning. breadahead.com

Secrets to Artisan Bread-Baking

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Coffee and carrot cake at Ginger & White in Hampstead, one of my favorite coffee shops in London. gingerandwhite.com

Quirky Coffee Shops

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Market Café, Hackney. market-cafe.com

America's Best Brunch Spots

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Pumpkin cream cheese whoopie pie from Violet Cakes in Hackney. violetcakes.com

America's Best Pumpkin Pies

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Spinach, mint leaves, coriander, ginger and pineapple juice smoothie at Stories, in East London. storiesonbroadway.com

Healthy Recipes Guide

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Lock 17 is a bar and pub located right along the water in Camden Town. After a boat ride down Regent's Canal, we stopped here for fish-and-chips, peppercorn-and-mushroom pasta, and beer and red wine. lock17.com

Pasta Recipes

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A wood-fired caprese pizza at Homeslice in Covent Garden. homeslicepizza.co.uk

Best Pizza in Unexpected Places

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A pizza coming out of L'Antica's brick oven, in Hampstead. An amazing place for pizza, if you're ever in North West London. anticapizzeria.co.uk

America's Coolest Pizza Ovens

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L'Antica pizza. anticapizzeria.co.uk

New York Pizza Tour

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The cobbled streets in Hampstead.

World's Best Food Cities: Paris

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Bottega Wapping is an Italian restaurant and wine bar in Wapping, London. bottegawapping.com

Italian Food, Wine, Travel and Style

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Anna, at Bottega Wapping, makes a great macchiato. bottegawapping.com

Best Hot Chocolate in the U.S.

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This space was originally a hydraulic power station, built in 1890; after its recent conversion, it reopened as an arts center (the Wapping Project) and restaurant. A lot of the original equipment is still in place. thewappingproject.com