If you feel a little guilty loading up your larder with products of somewhat dubious provenance, and with a few days left before the big day, you can still get in some quality snacks and nibbles to delight Aunty Win and get caught in Gran’s upper plate.
Asda and Butlers Extra Special Creamy Lancashire Cheese
If you usually reach for the same slab of cheese every time you shop, surely Christmas is the time you should let your eye wander along the whole length of the supermarket cheese selection, looking and thinking differently? Joanna Biddolph discovered how Asda’s Extra Special Creamy Lancashire Cheese is made and, more importantly, how to eat it at Christmas.
Duerr’s Mincemeat Varities
When Duerr’s, who have been making preserves for 130 years, offered us some mincemeat to taste test, we jumped at the chance. But were they any good?
Brewdog Camden
Never ones to make a scene, Scottish beer craftsmen and guzzlers Brewdog have rolled into the Big Smoke, on a tank
Tortilla restaurant london
Mexican doesn’t have to mean burritos and tacos like everywhere else – sometimes it can be pretty good. We tried out one of the flourishing Tortilla restaurants springing up across London quicker than Speedy Gonzales. Ariba!
Thistle Hotel shares Cocktail secrets
Thistle Hotels have shared their secret to the perfect Christmas cocktail. Try your skills at home with these festive recipes.
Tim_Anderson_Malaysian_Recipes
Not-quite-fresh from his Masterchef victory, Tim Anderson showed Foodepedia, and some other, more special, guests, a few Malaysian recipes that’ll add a bit of heat to your winter dinner for Malaysia Kitchen
Claude_Bosi_Mustard_and_Vinegar_Recipe
When a two-Michelin star chef tells you he’s going to make a pudding using mustard and vinegar, you don’t turn your nose up, found Keyan Milanian
Farmison cheese online
Drop down menus let you narrow down cheese choice by country, hard or soft, type of milk, pasteurised or unpasteurised and then you’re off. We bagged some Berkswell, a Blarliath Smoked, a Blue Stilton (as it’s Xmas), a large Cromarty, a Pecorino and some Ragstone. Portion size of the cheese varies with the type but it’s invariably generous.
Fashion High Tea at The Mandeville Hotel
The doyenne of fashion design Zandra Rhodes continues to make waves in matters concerning taste with her personally designed ‘Iconic Afternoon Tea’ exclusively wrought for The Mandeville Hotel near Bond Street.