Articles from August 2009

August 2009 Articles Archive from Foodepedia

  • KitchenAid90. You know you want one

    Friday August 21st, 2009

    I’ve always wanted a KitchenAid.  Yes I know it’s ‘only’ a food mixer, but that’s like saying an Aston Martin is just a car. I mean just look at the KitchenAid! How can you not want to own and show off something like that? Not want to run your hand over its supple curves, to stroke its handsome little beater, to gaze at your hunky reflection in its lovely shiny bowl?

  • Taking a shot at The Glorious Twelfth

    Tuesday August 18th, 2009

    Livers fried with shallots, brandy and fresh thyme until soft, breasts cooked to pink perfection.  Douglas Blyde stalks, shoots and eats the first grouse of the season in the company of South African Chef, Pete Gottgens

  • Combat Catering. Feeding the masses at Standon Calling

    Friday August 7th, 2009

    It looks like the aftermath of some terrible nameless war; people staggering about dazed and more than a little confused, their clothes covered in mud and debris. There are some shapeless lumps of human life on the grass half concealed by blankets, whilst others are supporting each other as they walk. All over the carnage hangs a thin pall of smoke. Welcome to Standon Calling.

  • Tuscany’s liquid gold – Olive Oil

    Wednesday August 5th, 2009

    The Tuscan olive oil harvest time is almost here. Read more about this liquid gold and how you can be present as the olives come down from the trees. Plus we have a great competition too.

  • From Roulette to Rillette: ‘Murano’ on Celebrity Equinox

    Sunday August 2nd, 2009

    From working at Washington’s ‘Watergate’ to opening Las Vegas’ ‘Playboy Bunny’, Jacques Van Staden now has a new ambition - for his upmarket restaurant on ‘Celebrity Equinox’ to be the first at sea to win a Michelin star. In advance of its naming,Douglas Blyde made haste to Southampton to appraise the newest and most environmentally friendly cruise ship.