I’d forgotten how tasty hake can be when cooked correctly, this was firm and swimming in a charming pink, porky oil offset by a paste of serious-minded olive. The best were the salt baked potatoes – three little saggy bags of potato fluff in those jackets you only got at Guy Fawkes parties when you were a kid – the sorts of potatoes that you dug out from under the bonfire with crackly skins
Nduja the calabrian sausage
Nduja. It doesn’t sound very Italian does it? More like a weapon used by a Kung Fu master, some kind of thing with blades sticking out that once thrown comes back like a boomerang lopping off people’s heads.It is Italian though, Calabrian to be precise.
Xanthe Milton’s Lemon Speckle Cupcakes
To demonstrate just how easy it is to enjoy irresistible, pure vanilla flavour in your cupcakes, vanilla specialist, Nielsen-Massey, has teamed up with Xanthe to bring you this mouth wateringly good recipe. The secret ingredient? Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste, made using only the finest vanilla pods from Madagascar, and the ideal ingredient that will make every bite taste delicious.
Beetroot & Vanilla Cup Cakes Recipe
In celebration of National Cupcake Week, a stupendous recipe for Beetroot and Vanilla Cup Cakes courtesy of lovebeetroot.co.uk.
Illy Galleria and University of Coffee
This year’s pop-up ‘Galleria’ by Illy offers complimentary courses at its ‘University of Coffee’ among its heady cultural programme.
Hummus Brothers
Harry Farmer visits the Soho branch of Hummus Brothers and ponders the student obsession with the chickpea based deity.
The Experimental Food Society Spectacular returns
The Experimental Food Society Spectacular 2011 returns to London again this year from the 21st to the 25th of October. This year’s events will be comprised of three parts: an exhibition, followed by a wild themed banquet and talk.
Freggo Ice Cream Art Installation
Thought you couldn’t see taste? Me neither, that is until I saw Argentinian ice cream parlour Freggo’s new Taste installation.
Chocolate making at The Forge Camden
The Forge in Camden is hosting a Raw Chocolate Making Workshop, where younger foodies are welcome, this Saturday.
Wines_of_Argentina_at_Vinopolis
Argentina will be taking over a small part of south London this weekend as the Tastes of Argentina event comes to the Southbank’s wine bastion, Vinopolis.