Food January 2010
Unearthed launches two new French snacks
Unearthed has added to its growing range of Continental sharing foods with two new products to complement the existing range.
Sweet Things launch Baby Loaf Cakes
Sweet Things, the award winning Primrose Hill Cakery is launching a new range of Baby Loaf Cakes at Selfridges and Fortnum and Mason. Ideal for two people to share, the Baby Loaf cakes are priced at only £2.95 each.
Dairy nice - Glenilen farm dairy at Selfridges
Glenilen Farm, based in the heart of West Cork, Ireland, makes authentic tasting dairy desserts and products “tasting just like they used to” and now, a selection of these products are available exclusively in the UK at Selfridges Oxford Street.
Kale – An Essential Green
Experts have long since known that a healthy diet should include five daily servings of fruit and vegetables, as studies show that enjoying ‘five-a-day’ can offer protection against a wide variety of cancers. But a new study indicates that some vegetables like kale, spinach, Brussels sprouts and cabbage may have greater cancer prevention properties than others.
Pulp - a smashing way to eat fruit.
According to statistics, some 73% of people do not eat enough fruit each day. This sobering statistic inspired the people behind new company Pulp Fruits to develop an innovative way of eating fruit - handy pouches of thick blended fruits.
Fruit Pastes, an alternative accompaniment to cheese
The concept of mixing sweet with savoury is, of course not a new one and many of us have adorned our cheese boards with voluptuous bunches of juicy grapes to pluck and nibble along with those tangy, cheeses at the end of our dinner parties. Now you have the opportunity to introduce something rather different to your cheese boards in the future.
Great risottos start with Gallo
I like making risotto. I like the fact that you can’t walk away (whatever Delia tells you) but must stand patiently at the stove for around twenty minutes, adding small ladles of hot stock and massaging it into the rice before adding some more. Here's Gallo simple guide to a great risotto. perfect for winter nights.
Wake up and smell the (instant) coffee
Nescafe take a lot of care over their coffee, probably more than the gap-year New Zealander who is not paying attention as he serves you in Prêt. Please don’t make me repeat my order a third time you antipodean oaf! Nick Harman meets Nescafe's Master Taster to learn more.
Jing Tea raises the bar – and your little finger, perhaps…
Having been given a JING glass Gong Fu set recently, together with a set of four teas – Assam Breakfast, Dragon Well, Silver Needle and Jasmine Pearls, I am impressed by the quality of these products. These JING products make great gifts for any occasion or are simply worth buying as a treat for yourself or a loved one.
Schwarz spices - forecasting flavour in 2010
I’m sitting in Le Café Anglais with five rather nice dishes in front of me. Also in front of me are two PR ladies and the man who cooked the dishes, Rowley Leigh the chef/owner. If anything is guaranteed to cause indigestion then it’s this, I feel like a retarded lab monkey under their unblinking gaze, but I suppose that’s what happens when you’re the only hack to turn up to an event.
