Food and Drink
Sensational summer salsa
What better way to spend a summer evening than by cracking open a bottle of crisp white wine and tucking into a bag of tortillas, accompanied by one a delicious salsa.
Love film? Then you’ll adore Bordeaux
Film lovers and lovers of fine wine are in for a treat this September when they shop for Bordeaux wines at Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Co-Op, Asda and Somerfield stores nationwide.
Afternoon Tea for chocoholics
Chocoholics will love taking Chocolate Afternoon Tea in The Winter Garden at the luxurious five-star deluxe Landmark London in September 2009. Afternoon Tea is a sumptuous affair and is served under The Winter Garden’s soaring palm trees within the spectacular eight-storey, glass-roofed central atrium.
Discover Wales' best kept food secrets
British Food Fortnight shines a vital spotlight on the great quality and variety of food and drink which can be locally sourced throughout the UK.
Have an Argentinian style Bank Holiday
Everyone must be praying for good weather this August Bank Holiday, a chance to finally dust off the barbecue after a summer of watery sunshine and showers. Forget the burnt sausages and burgers, make this final barbecue one to remember, with an Argentinian inspired ‘asado’ (meaning cooked on the grill).
Hearty Halloween food
Cooking for the family on Halloween needs to be easy and delicious, especially if the children are itching to go out trick or treating. This slow cooked chicken curry made with Total Greek Yoghurt takes just a few minutes to prepare and then it can be left in the oven for 2 ½ hours to slowly cook.
Prezzo named ‘UK’s Best Pizza Chain’
Prezzo is the UK’s best pizza chain – beating rivals Pizza Express, Strada and Zizzi to the top spot for value and taste – according to an undercover taste test by BBC olive magazine.
Diwali dreams
Diwali, the ‘Festival of Lights’ is a pan-Indian, five-day celebration that coincides with the Traditional Pure Basmati harvest, which this year it falls on 23rd October (the dates vary according to the lunar calendar).
Discover seasonal food on your doorstep
The National Forest has such a fantastic choice of locally produced food but how do food lovers find out what is available? Well, help is at hand with the summer issue of The National Forest Food Guide.
Seven days of chocolate heaven
Chocolate Week (12-18 October) is going from strength to strength, and Divine Chocolate, the company co-owned by cocoa farmers, is once again delighted to be co-sponsoring this nationwide celebration of fine chocolate.
A food and wine match made in heaven
Food and wine matching can be a complicated business and that’s why Finca Las Moras, one of the UK’s top Argentinian wine brands, has decided to make things a little easier.
You are ‘how’ you eat
New research has revealed that as a nation, we are guilty of a multitude of food faux-pas; from pinching food off our partners’ plates (25%), to picking out the bits we don’t like with our fingers (one in five).
Heston Blumenthal grills kitchen inventors
Heston Blumenthal is at the forefront of the final stage of a nationwide culinary competition to find the most innovative Brit, who will transform our kitchen experiences.
Tempt your taste buds this weekend
Prepare your taste buds for a local produce extravaganza as Plymouth Flavour Fest 2009 returns to Plymouth’s Piazza this Friday for three days.
Milk industry is made of the white stuff
The dairy industry looks set to smash targets for cutting the impact producing dairy products has on the environment. One year after launching the Milk Roadmap, first indications are that the industry is well on the way towards the first set of milestones in 2010.