The Big Cheese I have to confess when I noticed Riverford (from whom I buy my organic box delivery) were selling Mozzarella made not in Italy but in Hampshire I was to put it mildly a little dubious. Could Laverstoke Park Farm really be producing genuine buffalo mozzarella that could live up to, let alone [...]
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Will you be cool as a cucumber? Fresh cucumbers are simple to add to salads. For an easy salad just toss diced cucumbers with sliced red onions, red tomatoes and your favourite vinaigrette. This can be a fast way to make a refreshing salad that reaps some great benefits of cucumber. Not merely is the [...]
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“Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.” Charles Dickens Figs are such a strikingly beautiful fruit, with their fresh green or deep purple skin and vibrant deep pink flesh what is there not to love? Fresh figs always remind me of [...]
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I am sure that many of you reading this blog will already be familiar with Simon Majumdar, prolific food blogger at Dos Hermanos. You may or may not know that he is an accomplished author. Sometime back I donated to the Hope For Haiti raffle and by doing so was entered into a competition – [...]
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Alice Hart is a young woman who has achieved a lot for someone still in her twenties. Qualified chef and part owner of the esteemed Hart & Fuggle in London, she has also been the youngest editor so far at Waitrose Food Illustrated. Now Alice can add the release of a stunning cookbook to her [...]
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I’ve written about the plight of the honey bee, inclusive of three recipes to make the most of the amber nectar, for glossy new Irish publication The Queue Magazine. For those of you in Ireland, grab a copy! For those of you outside Ireland have a read here. Share this:
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Culinary Travels may be a little quiet over the next few days, maybe even a couple of weeks as I unfortunately am going into hospital (now don’t go worrying) and my time spent in the kitchen will be markedly reduced over the coming weeks. Expect to find the odd post about the joys of hospital [...]
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Relax … Enjoy … Unwind – the slogan seen throughout Cafe B (Burton on Trent) is supposedly to set the tone of the place. Come in take a seat, let your troubles pass you by as you sit and chill out with a beverage and meal or cake in a cafe with a calm and [...]
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