Food from February 2010

February 2010 Food Archive from Foodepedia

  • Buffalo Mozzarella from Campania – it should be eaten fresh!

    akandpa (Alan King)
    Friday February 26th, 2010

    24th February had been augustly designated as European day of Mozzarrella di Bufala Campana PDO. Its significance is to recognise and protect the provenance of this white soft cheese made from Buffalo milk in the Campania region of Italy.

  • Kick your high salt intake with Kikkoman's umami effect

    Nick Harman
    Friday February 26th, 2010

    Soy sauce delivers all the flavour of salt, but at up to half the quantity thanks to the umami effect. This is good news as in the West we all apparently eat too much salt. At the Westminster Kingsway Catering College we find out more, come close to being asphyxiated by a radio host, eat a fine student made meal and learn how to make the perfect gravy.

  • Reggae Reggae Sauce founder Levi Roots performs at Covent Garden to celebrate the launch of new fusion pasty

    Newsdesk
    Tuesday February 23rd, 2010

    Yeh mon! To celebrate the launch of the new Reggae Reggae pasty from West Cornwall Pasty Co, entrepreneur and musician Levi Roots is going to be performing live in Covent Garden on Friday 26th February, with songs from his latest album ‘Red Hot’.

  • Celebrity Chefs Say Cheese for National Dairy Week

    Newsdesk
    Monday February 22nd, 2010

    To celebrate National Dairy Week the British Cheese Board (BCB) has been asking our favourite celebrity chefs to reveal some of their top tips for cheese. National Dairy Week aims to raise awareness of the nutritional benefits of dairy products, including cheese, and the vital role they can play as part of a healthy, balanced diet.

  • Rude Health porridge tasting - it's time to get your oats

    Nick Harman
    Monday February 22nd, 2010

    There’s always been, to my mind, something austere, some thing hair shirt, something a little well, Scottish, about porridge. It makes me think of boarding schools in the Glens and young scions of the aristocracy being herded into cold showers at 6am before being forced to eat a bowl of porridge made with water and salt.

  • Tetsuya Wakuda's vinegars. Not for your chips

    Newsdesk
    Saturday February 20th, 2010

    Award winning Chef Tetsuya Wakuda’s vinegars and vinaigrettes are essential ingredients in the kitchens of his Sydney based restaurant, Tetsuya’s and are now available in the UK.

  • Golden curry sauce is perfect match for the great British chip

    Newsdesk
    Thursday February 18th, 2010

    There's still time to try a perfectly ‘posh’ accompaniment to the great British chip with one very special ingredient: gold. Curry Sauce and recipe are here.

  • Get in a stew

    Newsdesk
    Wednesday February 17th, 2010

    We love a ready meal at Foodepedia, mostly because we’re always ready to eat. If it can be slammed into a microwave and nuked to perfection in minutes then it gets our nostrils twitching. Some people may pretend to like a cold and wet sandwich from the well known chain, but we like our lunches hot and satisfying

  • Food scientist Melanie Loades’ recipe for the perfect pancake

    Chef Foode
    Monday February 15th, 2010

    The Science [So what? So everything] campaign has teamed up with food scientist Melanie Loades, and food science course leader from London Metropolitan University, Richard Marshall, to bring you six easy steps to make the perfect pancake.

  • True Taste Welsh Food Market

    Newsdesk
    Friday February 12th, 2010

    Now in its second year, the True Taste Welsh Food Market is back, bigger and better than before, bringing fresh produce from Wales’s farm gates to Londoners’ plates.  The market will be held on Friday 26 February 2010 between 11am and 7pm at Golden Square, London, W1 (just off Regent’s Street).

  • Great British Cheese. Fly the flag, lose the fat

    Nick Harman
    Friday February 12th, 2010

    Say cheese and say it loud. Great British Cheeses can be enjoyed by people watching their fat intake just as much as anyone else. The flavours are there, the traditional methods are still there. Nick Harman gets out his cheese knife in the company of Nigel White, Secretary of the British Cheese Board and samples a few cheesy delights.

  • Block Party - Leerdammer gets bigger and tastier

    Paul Ruel
    Wednesday February 10th, 2010

    Born in 1977 Leerdammer now outsells rival Emmenthal in France. Over here we have been slower to pick up on this popular cheese but with new easy to grate sizes and a Mature option, this versatile cheese should become much more of a family favourite. We take a taste and offer up some tasty recipes too.

  • Flying chef landing on Valentine's Day

    Newsdesk
    Wednesday February 3rd, 2010

    Enjoy a truly romantic 3 course dinner for two, at home this Valentine's day, with the ‘À la carte Gift Box’from London’s Flying Chef. Couples can indulge in their ideal romantic setting with scented candles, flowers and Barry White on in the background whilst sipping Champagne as the feast is delivered directly to their doorstep.

  • We heart GAILS valentine cakes

    Newsdesk
    Tuesday February 2nd, 2010

    At the risk of sounding sexist, there’s nothing the girls at Foodepedia like to see come through the door more than cakes. Well maybe George Clooney or chocolate, but definitely something sweet. So GAIL’s Bakery get this week’s big cheer for sending round a box of their valentine specials