My grandmother used to cook these more when the weather was getting warmer, from Spring onwards. I loved seeing her chopping the parsley, mashing the potatoes, shredding the cod and assembling everything with an egg in a cream coloured china bowl.
Little Beauty, a new face from the new world
How’s this for something beautiful. The Little Beauty range of wines from New Zealand have a special offer for Foodepedia readers – an initial discount of 15% on their first order. First though we went to Claridges to have a tasting of these new wines from the the new world
Sainsbury’s au pair’s apple cake recipe
Celebrate British apple and pear season with Sainsbury’s au pair’s apple cake recipe.
Delamere Dairy’s Thai-style pumpkin soup
Check out this recipe for Thai-style soup with the added twist of Delamere Dairy Natural goats’ yogurt for a unique taste.
‘Spirit in the sky’
I’m 40 meters above an asphalt parking lot on the South Bank of the Thames, literally eye-to-Eye with London’s famous Ferris wheel, strapped into a padded leather swivel chair that must be the tallest barstool in the world. There’s nothing but air beneath my feet—or, arguably, between my ears, given my current predicament. Ah, the lengths—and heights—I’ll go to for whisky.
Harrods launch their Festival of British Food with Valentine Warner
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.
New All Bar One Bishopsgate
All Bar One have always been a company that strives to deliver what the customer wants so with the new All Bar One Bishopsgate they’ve expanded on their successful business model by offering innovative new dishes.
Armagnac continues to celebrate 700 years – pairing with Indian food!
When invited to an event, celebrating 700 years of Armagnac production, I thought how bizarre – well who wouldn’t when the theme was pairing Armagnac with Indian cuisine from the Moghul region in the north west of India? It was absolutely an invitation I wasn’t going to turn down and I was glad I didn’t.
‘Hand-picked’ by Harvey Nichols
The idea of Handpicked is that head chef Jeremy Bloor from Harvey Nick’s OXO restaurant takes the press to visit one of his suppliers, in this case, his cheese one. Towny girl Anita Pati tags along avoiding cowpats and gets to eat a locally sourced al fresco lunch in a field with a load of random strangers.
James Martin: Scotch Emissary
BBC Saturday Kitchen presenter and prominent petrol-head, James Martin will be at classic car festival, Goodwood Revival this weekend as ambassador for Speyside single malt, The Singleton of Dufftown.