Food and Drink
Easy summer dining unearthed
On these balmy summer evenings, families and friends naturally gather together to share a lukewarm bottle of bubbles, stale chips and dips and there’s always one person slaving over a hot barbecue, hoping that the charring on the outside means the meat is cooked on the inside.
Summer flavour fiesta
With summer in full swing, now is the time to be looking and feeling your best.
Wine-tasting breaks in Bordeaux
Sample a taste of Bordeaux with Grape Escapes’ brand new range of flexible wine-tasting city-breaks from just £254 per person.
Join the 'taste trail' in Leamington
Next month sees the return of the highly successful and popular Royal Leamington Spa Food & Drink Festival which takes place on Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 Septemb
O’Reilly’s brings Beer & Cider Festival to Gibraltar
As August turns up the heat it’s time for some cool refreshment in the shape of the O’Reilly’s Beer & Cider Festival 2010. Running from Monday 9 August through to Sunday 15 August, there’s plenty of time to sample the bounty of brews on offer accompanied by the sound of live music on the terrace every day from 7pm ‘til 11pm.
Feast for £10 at Salisbury Food & Drink Festival
Fantastic feasts for £10 are the newest introduction to the annual Salisbury Food & Drink Festival which begins on Sunday 19th September 2010.
Enjoy a feast of food in The Lakes this fall
Food lovers fancying some time away in The Lakes, and a foray into the world of artisan and local produce, should head to the ancient market town of Kendal, in Cumbria during October half term, when it will host its second Kendal Festival of Food (October 22-29).
Phil Vickery’s sophisticated summer treat
This month Phil is making a real no-fuss dinner party centre piece to celebrate the fruit of the season.
Study shows drinking tea is good for you
Drinking tea is just as good as water when it comes to keeping the body hydrated, an important new clinical study commissioned by the Tea Advisory Panel (TAP), has found.
Tesco celebrates ‘National Watermelon Day’
UK supermarket giant Tesco have teamed up with hit West End musical Dirty Dancing for the third year running to celebrate National Watermelon Day on Wednesday 4 August by offering lucky shoppers the chance to win holiday of a lifetime to North Carolina USA, plus tickets to see the show at London’s Aldwych Theatre.
More Brits shop around to get the best deals
Money-saving Britons are embracing the age of austerity with four in five (81 per cent) people having already made lifestyle changes to reduce their outgoings, according to new research from Santander Current Accounts.
Pedals and Pimms don’t mix, says IAM
If you’re planning to have a few drinks at a barbeque this summer don’t cycle home, warns the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists).
Raspberry lemonade – deliciously simple!
From July we can all start to enjoy British raspberries at their very best.
Tesco Clubcard Credit Card increases 0% purchase offer
Tesco Clubcard Credit Card has introduced a new 0% offer on all purchases for 13 months for new customers. This is the longest introductory 0% purchase offer currently available in the UK credit card market. The credit card also offers an introductory rate of 0% on balance transfers for nine months (2.9% fee applies).
Quench your thirst in Germany
After a long, hot summer, what better way to quench your thirst then to head off to the most famous beer festival in Germany, the Oktoberfest. One of the largest folk celebrations in the world, it has its 200th anniversary this year, so travellers are set to enjoy an extended period of festivities.