We caught up with chef Paul Rankin to find out more about the Heinz Secret Ingredient campaign that’s encouraging the public to use tomato ketchup in everything from curry sauces to cakes.
Vagabond sets up home in Fulham
It has been suggested that I would go to the opening of a bottle and well, it’s sort of true, in this event anyway. Vagabond, a new wine merchant, opened to the public recently and I was asked along to their official launch. How could I turn down such an invitation?
Speedy 5 minute recipes from Wing Yip
The Oriental Grocer Wing Yip have come up with some delicious recipes that take only 5 minutes to cook, are packed with fresh vegetables and use a minimum amount of oil.
Café Spice Namaste and Champagne Tattinger dinner for Action Against Hunger
On Tuesday 16th November Café Spice Namaste are celebrating their 15th birthday supported by Champagne Tattinger. The landmark Indian restaurant and family-owned Champagne House are commemorating the anniversary with a feast to fight hunger.
Nielsen-Massey vanilla Baking Week recipe
So, it’s almost the end of National Baking Week but there’s still time left to bake up a lovely cake to please your friends and family. If you’ve not quite settled on what cake you want to make for National Baking Week, have a look at these two recipes using Nielsen-Massey vanilla and see if they take your fancy!
Leasingham Magnus Riesling 2009
This is an excellent, very pale, white that’s great to drink either on its own or with food. As you pour the wine and lift it to your nose you get clean grassy and delicate floral notes, giving the impression that it’s quite light, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Spooky Halloween cake decorating from Silvers Spoon
Halloween is a great opportunity for kids to get creative in the kitchen, mixing up potions and spooky treats to terrify their pals. Luckily Silver Spoon Cakecraft have everything needed to send shivers down the spines of even the most desensitised twentieth century brat.
Patten for life
A living legend, Marguerite Patten has influenced generations of home cooks through her TV and radio programmes, books and cookery demos during her 94 years. Her practical advice and endless creativity has seen the nation through war time rationing and several recessions and she is currently championing the resurgence of home baking, in partnership with Stork margarine. She talked to Caroline Sargent from her home in Brighton.
Speed equals Quality? Yes, When Pressure Cooking
In the age of fast food and microwaves it is suspect to hear about something that is fast and healthy. There is and it was invented a couple of hundred years before those torturers of taste buds and cooking began to mar our kitchens. It’s the pressure cooker! We examine the modern marvel and squeeze in a few recipes too
Miguel de Almeida’s octopus rice
Of all the foods I have tried during my thirty years of existence, nothing comes close to the delights of the mysterious octopus. This mollusc is by far my favourite of all ocean treats. I love it in ceviche with salsa verde, fried as an entrée, roasted with floury potatoes or above all in delicious moist chouriço and red wine rice. It has always been one of the Sunday meals in my parents house.