There’s more to barbecues than paper plates, tepid rosé, brown lettuce, burnt burgers and dodgy chicken. A lot more. I am an avid fan of the BBQ – there’s something rather magical about cooking over charcoal, maybe it’s the cave person in me? Thanks to Tesco Real Food I am now the owner of a [...]
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Quite a long while back I was sent a jar of Romesco sauce to be creative with. Well I wasn’t all that creative, but what I made was a real spring treat. Romesco sauce is a Catalan sauce that is typically made from almonds, pine nuts, and/or hazelnuts, roasted garlic, olive oil and nyora peppers, [...]
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“Eat Breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and dinner like a Pauper” We all know how important a good breakfast is, so I’m not going to labour the point – I’m simply going to tell you that this week is Farmhouse Breakfast Week and hence, why not spoil yourself with a ‘treat’ of [...]
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Keeping in Fine Spirits? Now, I suppose I should confess that when it comes to whisky, I usually drink the Irish variety. It’s rare indeed that I’ll pick a Scotch. However I was recently sent a trio of whisky’s to try (two Scotch, one American) from Master of Malt an online whisky retailer with a [...]
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A little while back I was sent a selection of Butlers Farmhouse Cheese to review. As a self confessed cheese-aholic this was one product review I eagerly looked forward to receiving. I wasn’t disappointed. The Butler family first began making farmhouse cheese in 1932. Run by the third generation of Butlers, the company has become [...]
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Not so long back a PR company arranged for Miss Piggy’s, a Derbyshire based company, to send me a box of ‘truly naughty treats’. As a self confessed chocaholic it was an opportunity I could surely not miss. But, miss I nearly did. Day after day went by after the confirmation email between myself and [...]
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A couple of weeks back I was contacted by a local PR company who arranged for me to trial some products from Cooking Made Simple, a Loughborough based eatery and now (almost) nationwide delivery business. Everything arrived really well packaged and well insulated to keep the items cold. As someone who has studied food hygiene [...]
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I recently set up a weekly order with Abel & Cole (I wasn’t very happy with my old delivery scheme and had previously tested some of Abel & Cole’s produce with fabulous results). I plumed for the Deluxe Organic Fruit Box and Seasonal Salad Box. Abel & Cole also, very kindly, sent me a Mixed [...]
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Hazy Days On Saturday I invited a few friends round for a back garden picnic, – you know the sort that were common in childhood – to assist me in reviewing a Picnic Hamper from Interflora (RRP £60.00). There first response was one of shock – Interflora? Really? Aren’t they all about flowers? Interflora actually [...]
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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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A Taste of Staffordshire When you think of Staffordshire’s culinary heritage what springs to mind? Oatcakes, Burton on Trent’s beers? Branston pickle? Well one things for sure I’m sure it isn’t ice cream. Needwood Farm produce award winning (gold medal at the National Ice Cream competition) hand finished dairy ice creams made with fresh milk, [...]
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