Black Vanilla the Artisanal Gelato Shop in Greenwich recently teamed up with fellow Greenwich based Meantime Brewery to make some new flavours for their shop. This gelato shop was started by a husband and wife team who wanted to make a natural product that they could happily feed their kids. The 2 new flavours were…
The show this year was much bigger, over 200 extra exhibitors. I usually go along to find new food trends and to find new food producers or interesting products. I did a quick blitz through the show and met a few interesting people and learnt a few new things. Here is some of what I…
Sainsbury’s Magazine has put out a great cookbook with a compilation of over 100 recipes from their contributors like Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigella, Raymond Blanc and Thomasina Myers among others. There are sweet and savoury recipes included in the 100. The book has stunning pictures too so you can see how each dish should look before…
Gaucho Smithfield held a mini beer festival in collaboration with Meantime Brewery. Our beer matching tasting menu kicked off with a flight of Meantime Brewery beers and some delicious little steak and ale pies made with the stout from Meantime. The beers featured were the Yakima Red ale made with red hops from the Yakima Valley,…
If you are baking mad, you can’t miss the Cake and Bake Show in London. It’s happening in Earls Court from 13-15 September and there will be so much to see if you love cake decorating, sugar craft, making bread and any sort of baking. I have 4 pairs of tickets to give away. All…
In a market where there is so much competition, it is nice to see an artisanal family business thriving. The Ice Cream market might seem saturated but here is one that is growing, Jude’s Ice Cream. Jude’s Ice Cream was started in a farm in Hampshire, using a domestic ice cream machine. The company started…
What do you get when you make a bunch of bloggers compete against each other? It turns whatever event it is into a battleground. The other evening, a group of us were invited to Ponti’s behind Oxford Circus for an evening of Emilio Romagno food and to make our own pizzas at their “Pizza School”….
Win 2 tickets to experience the innocent kitchen for ‘a guide to good taste’, a sensory night out where you’ll discover everything you’ve ever wanted to know about good taste. This event is in the evening of 14 August in Clerkenwell, London. Why does taste matter? How does it work? What’s the perfect flavour combination?…
San Gimignano is a medieval town in Tuscany that is famed for it’s Etruscan ruins and historical sites. Nearby, there is an old labyrinth (like that in Crete) and even a sword in a rock (like excalibur). This town is not only mystical but quite mysterious too. Moretti Beer chose this town to host the…