Food and Drink
Tamarai introduces a new take on vegetarian cuisine
Tamarai, Covent Gardens best loved restaurant and late night bar launches a stunning new selection of healthy vegetarian dishes. These sublime new creations can be accompanied by a selection of refreshing non-alcoholic cocktails and smoothies, perfect for the heat of the hot mid summer days and balmy nights. Tamarai recently celebrated winning the Theme Award for the Best Late Night Bar in the UK, another reason to visit this dynamically vibrant venue.
Discover Jerez in the heart of the capital
Do you feel like you’re missing out on yet another summer? Are you fed up with the constant gloom and doom of the credit crunch, not to mention the grey skies? Well have no fear as you are invited to discover the sunnier, Spanish side of life right in the heart of the capital thanks to The Sherry Institute Of Spain.
Booths launches the ‘caviar of beans’
Flageolet Beans, often referred to as the ‘caviar of beans’ for their superiority and quality are now on sale exclusively at Booths. Unlike imported Flageolet Beans from Italy, which are dehydrated and preserved, these frozen beans are grown by Yorkshire producer, Scholes, and fast frozen to preserve their quality and taste.
The humble vol-au-vent gets an overhaul
The credit crunch might be throwing us all back to the 1970’s but some things can be improved on - the humble vol-au-vent just got an overhaul – wave goodbye to egg mayo and coronation chicken and say hello to the Jus Rol Sweet Bite.
Swedish Crayfish season kicks off at Fifth Floor Café
The official Swedish crayfish season kicks off every year in the second week of August and runs to the end of the month. The Fifth Floor Restaurant and Café’s Swedish Executive Chef Jonas Karlsson, like most of his countrymen, is a lover of this native treat and pays homage to his heritage by introducing a brand new sharing dish to the menu at The Fifth Floor Café during this short but very sweet season.
Safari trips allow food lovers to track Cumbria's big five
Food lovers can head off on a safari with a difference this summer, indulging their passion for real tastes and slow food, whilst eating the views enjoyed during some of the most beautiful journeys in the country.
Perfect picnic food
Young’s Seafood has developed a brand new selection of easy to prepare recipes perfect for the whole family, whether packing for a picnic or filling hungry tummies at lunchtime.
Enjoy Chocolate Afternoon Tea at the Baglioni Hotel
The very British tradition of taking afternoon tea or low tea goes way back to the early 19th Century where in England at the time there were only two main meals a day. It was fashionable during this period for the upper classes to eat dinner very late in the evening with lunch always at Noon.
Royal Leamington Spa Food & Drink Festival returns for 2008
Next month sees the return of the ‘Royal Leamington Spa Food & Drink Festival’. Due to its popularity, the Festival has been extended to take place over two days. The Festival, which is free to attend, will take place on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August from 10am – 6pm at the Royal Pump Room Gardens.
Will the British barbeque be a wash out?
Saturday August 2 is expected to be the biggest barbequing day in Britain according to research, but it could well be a washout – more than three-quarters (78%) of us have had a barbeque rained off in the last year, and weather tops the list of things which stops us eating outdoors.
Get ‘UP’ and go for breakfast
UP Box, which stands for Urban Picnic is an exciting new environmentally friendly upmarket take out concept, recently launched in Ludgate Circus. The stylish City shop launched in May and has proved a hit with locals for its delicious, well-balanced offering and a great alternative to the usual gluten and carbohydrate-heavy high street lunch options.
Luponde is Burlington Arcade’s cup of tea
Burlington Arcade is delighted to announce the arrival of Luponde Tea. A marriage of Britain’s first shopping arcade with the most quintessential English pastime! Luponde’s first independent establishment in the UK will sell an array of loose leaf teas sourced from their prestigious tea estate in Tanzania. The Luponde estate is one of the oldest organic tea estates in the world and has been certified Fairtrade since 1994. Its altitude of 7,000 ft provides ideal weather conditions, allowing the leaves to grow slowly producing a full flavoured taste.
Put the heat back into your summer at Felbrigg Hall’s Chilli Fiesta
Following its outstanding success last year, 2008 will see the return of Felbrigg Hall’s Chilli Fiesta and summer fete, in what is hotting up to be the highlight event for the property this summer.
Chupa Chups celebrates 50th Birthday
The world’s favourite lollipop turns 50 this summer with parties and a Chupa Chups road show planned across the UK. Kick-starting a summer of celebration is a 1950’s retro branded Chupa Chups bus that will tour key cities and events across the country over the next four months. ‘Chupa Chicks’ will be dancing to the sounds of the 50’s and sampling lollies to members of the public, targeting an estimated 1.5 million people at concerts and festivals.
An Olympian effort to promote breakfast
Kellogg’s has revealed plans for its second challenge to increase the nation’s consumption of breakfast cereals with a new celebrity face and a major tie up with a digital brand. Wake Up To Breakfast 2008 will see Kellogg’s invest £2 million in a two month long promotion fronted by Olympic champion, Kelly Holmes, and delivered in alliance with Microsoft Live Search.