Ready for your January Health drive? New Year, New You? Agua Spa at Sanderson is launching a new spa cuisine package this January where you can get a health-focused meal to complement whichever spa package you go for. Anita Pati went to try it out and found herself feeling a lot better, if still a litle hungry after
Gallo wines, a little ray of Californian sunshine for our winter festivities. Good wines for any special occasions.
We decided to taste some Gallo wines to see how they would stand up to the usual range of festive fayre. All of these Gallo wines were very reasonably priced and we thought they were absolutely an affordable addition to your Christmas or New Year celebrations, or any special meal.
New restaurant with robot waitresses opens in China.
At the Dalu Rebot Restaurant, in Jinan, northern China’s Shandong Province, they’ve got six robot waitresses who they claim can serve up to 100 diners
A freefrom Christmas
It’s always hard to cater for everyone at Christmas and it’s even harder when your guests have food intolerances. Many traditional Christmas treats will contain a number of allergens from gluten, nuts and dairy to soya, egg and wheat. Sainsbury’s have brought alternatives.
Robert Mondavi wines
I tasted a selection of Robert Mondavi wines recently, the 2008 Woodbridge Shiraz,a deep red wine, the 2008 Private Selection Fumé Blanc, a crisp, barrel-aged white and the 2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, a luscious rich, dark, ruby red.
A march from Arch to Arch, the continued growth of Laithwaites wine
Alan King talks with Tony Laithwaite how his interest in wine began, the Laithwaites business and its development from modest beginnings to his becoming, other than supermarkets, the biggest sole wine merchant in the world.
Spanish Persimon recipes
Fragrant Spanish persimon are in season from October until mid January. It has a sweet, firm, orange flesh, similar to a peach or mango and can be eaten fresh, or used in sweet and savoury dishes. Here are three great recipes including one from Sam and Sam Clark at Moro
Chestnut recipes from Porter foods
Shell out for some top quality Galician chestnuts from Porter Foods and try some of these delicious recipes. And don’t forget they go great in turkey stuffing too!
Opera tavern to open in Covent Garden
Opera Tavern will open on Thursday 20th January 2011. Owned by Sanja and Simon Mullins Opera Tavern will be the third addition to their current restaurant portfolio which includes the award winning Salt Yard and Dehesa.
Bar 92 show us how to make some tasty New Years Eve and Christmas inspired cocktails
Bar 92 offers Foodepedia a glimpse of what their patrons are going to be enjoying come 12:00 on the 31 December. And for those less keen to brave the cold, recipes to recreate. Glasses at the ready.