Feeding you the good stuff

Burgen discovers the chia seed

The newest Burgen loaf is a textural feast. The flavour is mild, but the seeds give it a heartier feel and make it perfect for sandwiches and toasted with soup.

Curries In A Hurry

A particularly noxious Indian takeaway lubricated with copious amounts of cheap cooking oil and redolent with raw spices left me feeling somewhat dirty and used. Heck, they didn't even throw in a couple of poppadoms. So it was with due trepidation I took delivery of a large box of curry ready meals from Donald Russell- akin, if you will, to Superman handling a polystyrene crate of Kryptonite.

Grow your own with ALLOTINABOX®

Allotinabox kits contain all that you need to start growing your own vegetables and herbs anywhere, from a window sill in the city to a vegetable patch in the countryside.

Stork makes baking easier

British baking brand Stork, has recently launched Stork Easy to Mix Baking Liquid. Stork Easy to Mix Baking Liquid is conveniently packaged in handy bottle for use in place of butter.

Magic Happens on the Darkest Nights with Bowmore

Tired of city life and craving the rugged wilds of bonnie Scotland? Next week, purveyors of that top-drawer dram, Bowmore, will host an interactive event promising to transport guests to a galaxy far, far away... well, the island of Islay, found off the West coast and home to Bowmore's distillery.

Java Palaver

We're seated in a silk-lined 'pod' with a small group of strangers, with a piped soundtrack featuring the slippery strains of modern jazz, low lighting, and a troupe of scantily-clad burlesque dancers. A honed, toned male model draws the curtains closed behind him. The stage seems set for some wholly unwholesome nefarious behaviour.

Macaron, And On, And On...

Macarons? Really? You sure? Been there, done that, had the sugar rush. Yet, judging by the chattering classes clamouring for the candy-coloured confections, it seems the appetite for the whimsical, bijou mouthfuls remains unsated. And, when they're so deceptively insubstantial, how could it be?

Luxury this Easter

Hand made in either milk or white chocolate and exploding with nuts or freeze-dried berries, these beauties are like the Ferarri of Easter fun. If you're looking to impress someone this year, or just sick of keeping the purse strings tight, this is the perfect way to go all out for Easter this year.

Happy Easter, Happy Eating With Carluccio's

The gargantuan glass jar of mini eggs is emptying worryingly rapidly. Conveniently situated in the prime real estate just to the left of my keyboard, as an estate agent would have it, the tiny foil-wrapped ovoids are tantalisingly close- and the perfect reward for finishing an article. A paragraph. A line. Oh, let's be frank: a word.

Cream of the crop? Glenilen dairy on test

JUS-ROL™ With It

Jamie Oliver makes it all look so easy doesn't he? Well I've tried and it's not. Bread making is all about effort and time and I have neither of those two things. But I do want steaming dinner rolls bought fresh from the oven to my dinner table. 

Pleasure, potted

For a certain writer, a super-sized tub of yogurt evokes messy memories of a childhood thoroughly well spent. An ample delivery from Rachel's Organic takes her on a somewhat Proustian journey- grab a spoon and dig in.

What's in flavour this year? Schwartz forecasts global influences

Forecasts about food trends are almost always about generating sales for whichever products its sponsor makes. Spice and herb specialist Schwartz has identified six approaches which will influence the way we cook, using recipes created by its own chef, Steve Love, and rising star chef Maria Elia who has transformed the menu at Joe's in South Kensington. Put your cynicism about corporate sponsorship aside; these well-crafted recipes are show-stoppers. 

Gü Puds Rise to the Occasion.

Rise to the occasion this February 14th with Gü Passion Soufflés.

All Warm and Fizzy this Valentine's Day

Get all warm and fizzy this Valentine’s day with Luscombe’s new recipe Raspberry Lemonade and find out how to turn it into a terrific Valentine's Day cocktail.

Bacon buddies. Two Americans have created a Bacon Salt that is even kosher

The Bacon Salt is totally, irredeemably and unapologetically artificial. It’s a bacon flavour never found in nature. Like the malt salt it is zero fat, zero calorie and, good news if you’re Jewish it’s totally kosher as there is not a single bit of bacon in it. It is at base a sea-salt with a lot of spices, and it is rather addictive. What am I saying? It’s terribly addictive.

I Heart Neufchâtel

In anticipation for the romantic month of February, the cheese experts at Paxton & Whitfield have selected the delicious heart-shaped Coeur de Neufchâtel (£5.50/200g) for cheese lovers to enjoy.

Kelly’s of Cornwall Clotted Cream & Brandy Butter Ice Cream, a Winter Warmer!

 With winter amongst us what better way to keep warm than with a dose of 12-year-old brandy churned in with Kelly’s of Cornwall Clotted Cream & Brandy Butter Ice Cream? 

Unearthed® make holiday nibbling that bit easier

If you feel a little guilty loading up your larder with products of somewhat dubious provenance, and with a few days left before the big day, you can still get in some quality snacks and nibbles to delight Aunty Win and get caught in Gran’s upper plate.

How to make - and eat - Asda's Extra Special Creamy Lancashire Cheese

If you usually reach for the same slab of cheese every time you shop, surely Christmas is the time you should let your eye wander along the whole length of the supermarket cheese selection, looking and thinking differently? Joanna Biddolph discovered how Asda's Extra Special Creamy Lancashire Cheese is made and, more importantly, how to eat it at Christmas.