Looking for a bit of steak for a treat this weekend? You could go to the supermarket and try and guess the quality through a layer of plastic or, if you live in a posh area, go to your friendly butchers and pay a fortune for a piece of meat. Or you could do as we did and buy online from www.pampasplains.com

Ably fronted by celebrity chef, Valentine Warner, Harrods launched their Festival of British Food, on Wednesday this week, the festival runs for a little over two weeks until 3 October. For the launch food writers were invited to lunch in The Terrace Bar on the fourth floor where we met and mingled with British food producers, myself clutching my flute of Knightsbridge, English sparkling wine.

Join in the Catalan Cooking twitter cook-a-long with Rachel McCormack on Wednesday 15th September and interact with other participants by sharing comments, questions and photos using the #cookalong hash tag.

The newly created afternoon tea at Maison Blanc gives you a great excuse to grab a friend and indulge in a little patisserie party of your own.

You may remember that back in September 2009, Waitrose and Duchy Originals joined forces in a partnership deal which gave Waitrose exclusive rights to manufacture, distribute and sell Duchy Originals products. A year later, Duchy Originals from Waitrose has finally hit the shelves so Qin Xie got hold of a couple of products and tried to make an easy meal out of it.

The Cuisinart grind and brew coffee maker will have your coffee ready for you the moment you wake up with the help of its inbuilt preset feature. Plus, coffee stays warm for up to 12 hours in the double insulated jug.

New to the Reggae Reggae range comes Reggae Reggae Peanuts & Cashews full of all that recognisable ‘sunshine flavour’

The FoodLovers Market Soho will be awash with oysters on Saturday the 4th of September. Head down to buy some fresh oysters and enjoy the oyster related fun!

Although destined for better things Trattoria pasta, part of a new range from Italian favourite Giovanni Rana, proves to be a great meal for when you’re drunk!

NUMI tea promotes Fairtrade and Organic tea brands. From Oakland, California popular with health and wellbeing aficionados, the Numi tea range is now available to British tea lovers. We tried some of Numi’s range of teas and here is what we thought of them.