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.
Vegetarian Society’s Seasonal Recipe Competition for Young People
To coincide with National Vegetarian Week 2009 the Vegetarian Society is launching a brand new Seasonal Recipe Competition for Young People. To enter, students just need to submit a starter, main course or pudding and its theme should be based on one of the four seasons.
What are D&D doing?
Check out what the guys at D&D have lined up in their many restaurants!
Cook Your Way Through To National Vegetarian Week With Alan Coxon’s Veggie Treats!
This year, National Vegetarian Week is 18-24 May. Celebrate with Alan Coxon’s flavoursome recipes that will even have tenacious carnivores converted!
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!