Spread the loveThis week is a selection of products that piqued my interest at the Speciality Food Show 2015. This year’s show was enormous and I didn’t have time to see everything. Lots of interesting new small producers, a few large country stands like Portugal and Japan. So much to discover and lots of lovely…
Spread the love Olive It holds a yearly cookery competition with Westminster Kingsway College culinary students. The finals is a live event where the young chefs cook a 3-course menu incorporating olives Spanish olive oil. A panel of 8 judges determine the ultimate winner while their family and guests cheer them on. This year the winner was…
Spread the loveNo more tasteless tomatoes I have never paid much attention to tomatoes and all I really knew was that I liked Italian plum tomatoes for my pasta sauces, fresh San Marzano when I can find them in local Italian delis, cherry tomatoes on the vine and plain old no name varieties in the…
Spread the loveDid you know that they have Taco Fridays in Sweden? Who knew that Mexican food featured so prominently in Swedish food culture. I learnt this fact at the recent Taste Emporium hosted by Santa Maria, the Swedish owned food brand. The Taste Emporium was an interactive showcase of some of their new products….
Spread the loveIn 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…
Spread the loveReal bread is a great trend that is catching on in a big way now. TV programmes like The Fabulous Baker Brothers and the Great British Bakeoff have really fuelled the interest in real baking in this country. Tom and Henry Herbert have done their bit in promoting this trend. When their show…