Articles from 26th February 2009
Buonissimo! - Gino D’Acampo
What’s this? An Italian cookbook that has only a few pasta recipes in it? Now that’s a turn up for the books and no mistake. I’m so excited I am prepared to turn a blind eye to Gino D’Acampo’s moody posing in grainy black and white, sexy stubble and furry arms to the fore and with a sheen of olive oil all over his face. Not since the last Tom Aitken book has a chef preened quite so much between the covers.
Mum’s British Cheesecake with Warm Blueberries
With Mother’s day coming up, there’s no better way to show your Mum how special she is than by serving up a delicious British Cheesecake with warm blueberries. Made with low fat cheese they will not even have to worry about their waistline!
Pop into the Potting Shed
One year, four seasons and hours of digging since opening and The Potting Shed is trailblazing the grow-your-own food revolution.To the rear of their country pub in the Cotswolds owners Jonathan Barry and Julian Muggridge have created a large kitchen garden providing Chef Dan Wyatt with fresh, organic vegetables, salad leaves and herbs.
Oil your diet
We’ve come a long way since olive oil was only sold in chemists specifically to be poured into a young boy’s ears to loosen blockages (ask me how I know!). The idea of cooking with the stuff certainly never crossed my mother’s mind and even if it had, the bottles were so small it would hardly have been cost-effective.
It's hip to be hemp
No longer seen only as just a close relative of the waccy baccy, hemp has become hip for all kinds of reasons.Hempseed is one of nature’s genuine superfoods that provides pure, plant protein and Omega 3 and 6 in the ideal 3:1 ratio. These nutritional benefits address the downfalls of the 21st Century diet which is commonly short on protein, lacking in Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) and low in fibre.
