From this Bastille Day, i.e. today, Ocado will, we are told, become one of only a few retailers in the UK to sell the Reflets de France range from Carrefour. So if you’re a bit of a Francophile, and one of those among us who make regular trips to France to stock up on some authentic French produce (err, well and booze, of course) you might need to make that trip to Calais or Boulogne less often that you have in the past.
Terra Rossa olive oils
Terra Rossa claim on their packaging that they choose ‘the best olives from the finest and oldest groves in the world dating back to biblical times.’ They also claim to blend them until the ‘distinctive aroma and flavour’ are achieved. Each of the oils we tasted worked perfectly as dipping oils, that’s how we enjoyed them.
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Does the world need another chocolate biscuit, asked Joanna Biddolph before confirming that we do. Fox’s Ambers fill a hunger gap none of us thought we had.
Joes restaurant in Draycott Avenue London
Joe’s sounds like a cheap cafe but with its glam interior, complete with glossy style mags to read if a table isn’t free, it’s anything but. Outside I see a Lamborghini, which has probably never ever left Zone 2, attempting to parallel park. It takes him ten attempts while taxis hoot at him derisively.
Luncheon: a new Sunday lunch dining club for London.
Luncheon is a new Sunday lunch dining club from Ben Tish, executive chef of The Salt Yard group and Max Halley, a freelance food journalist.
Mustard-making and eating with Tracklements
Anita Pati finds there’s more to mustard making than you might think. She heads out into the fields and factory with Tracklement’s main Man Guy Tullberg and brings back a recipe for Sausage and Spiced Honey Mustard rolls.
Love the Olove
If you’re feeling a bit peckish but you’re tired of the same old nuts, sultanas and the odd squashed banana lurking at the bottom of your bag, then Oloves is a healthy new pitted olive snack, packed full of flavour and ready to eat.
Take off at Quaglino’s, London restaurant
A very good restaurant should always make you feel comfortable no matter what. In its dining room, Quaglino’s manages it with aplomb
Still shaking it to wake it, 75 years on
Orangina is marking its 75th anniversary this July by hosting a French lunch cooked by the nations favorite French chef, Jean Christophe Novelli. Priyanka Kara goes along and shakes it up with Orangina.
Maille Mustard Boutique to Open in Spitalfields Market
For one week only in the heart of Spitalfields Market, Maille Mustard will be operating a mustard Boutique. The Boutique will be open from Wednesday 13th to Sunday 17th July and will be located in Spitalfields’ Victorian market hall.