Stuff for father

Some ideas to make an old man very happy – A gin masterclass, whiskies, Indian cookery classes, some fancy chocolates,a bottle of brilliant wine, Classic Courvoisiers, tapas in a box and much more

Bjorn van der Horst’s Eastside Inn opens in London

Bjorn van der Horst’s Eastside Inn restaurant opens next Tuesday May 19 close to Smithfield Market in London’s Farringdon. The project is the first solo venture for the acclaimed chef and his wife, Justine and the realisation of their dream to combine the best of traditional and contemporary hospitality in one of London’s finest restaurants.

Tomato, Courgette, Tarragon, and Reduced Fat Cheese Gratin

With a week dedicated to the ruby fruit, it is enough to get everyone’s taste buds going. The British Cheese Board has created a scrumchous dish with juicy tomatoes and reduced fat cheese to help celebrate British Tomato Week in style. This gratin dish is one not to be missed and what better excuse to try it out than this calendar date!

New range of Tea from Ridgways

Especially created for Queen Victoria in 1886, these teas are all very elegantly packaged and yet only £1.99 a pack, which means you can have something stylish on your shelf whilst still credit crunching your shopping!

Nature’s Pleasure

Is it us or is there something rather naughty sounding about Nature’ s Pleasure? Yes it is just me I suppose because it is in fact a range of breakfast cereal from Kellogs. A range of baked muesli with honey and raw cane sugar. Add a touch of Simon Rimmer’s vegetarian magic and you have some fresh and tasty recipes

Browsing Brindisi

I was invited to an event at Brown’s Hotel in Dover Street, W1, hosted jointly by the Brindisi Chamber of Commerce and Antonio Tomassini, a Brindisi wine and food promoter, recently. The purpose was to promote the produce from this area of Puglia in southern Italy and together with other food and drink writers and some importers I was able to sample some of them.

Grow It! Why buy when you can grow your own!

It seems everyone is worried about what chemicals are used in our foods and what is put in to help make our fruit and plants grow so fast. The only way around this is to buy Organic but, as we are all aware, the credit crunch is making this hard for all of us. Well, what if you watched some of your favourite foods and plants grow yourself? Prezzybox.com has the answer!