Food and Drink
Harvey Nichols to host wine dinner with Lebanese Winery
Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor Restaurant will host a special wine dinner on Wednesday 23 April with boutique Lebanese Winery Massaya. Massaya’s three reds, two whites and rosé wines will be matched to a three course tasting dinner exclusively created by Executive Chef Jonas Karlsson. Priced at £40 per person, customers will also have the chance to meet acclaimed winemaker, Sami Ghosn on the evening.
The York Festival of Food and Drink 2008
It’s early spring but the team at the York Festival of Food and Drink are already working on the programme for the city’s annual food spectacular to take place in September.
Gaucho launches summer menu
Gaucho Restaurants are launching their new Summer Menus on April the 14th, which will include a mouth-watering range of seasonal Argentine food specialities rarely seen in the UK. Famed for their Argentine gastronomy and for the UK’s largest collection of Argentine wine, the Gaucho Restaurants’ summer menu will focus on Argentina’s indigenous foods, with a special emphasis on Patagonia in the south.
A new pearl in an old shell
Now in its ninetieth year, Bentley’s first opened its doors in 1916 in the same beautiful old Victorian building it occupies today on the borders of Soho and Mayfair. Bentley’s combines a relaxed oyster bar with a more formal Grill restaurant, plus three private rooms, arranged over three floors.
The rarest coffee in the world?
Those with a taste for a high-class product and an indulgent experience will be thrilled to hear about this month’s launch of the world’s rarest and most premium coffee - at £50 per cup.
Costa Coffee goes sustainable
Costa Coffee, the UK’s largest and fastest growing coffee shop, plans to convert its entire coffee supply to sustainably grown beans sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms by 2010.
A sizzling seasonal taste sensation - The BBC Good Food Show
For mouthwatering aromas from sizzling barbecues and all the best ideas for sensational picnics and sophisticated summer dining, visit the BBC Good Food Show Summer at The NEC from 11-15 June. This summer taste celebration is taking place at the BBC Summer Festival which also incorporates BBC Gardeners’ World Live and dedicated Good Homes and Countryfile magazine areas, as well as a brand new central feature bringing a sustainable future to life.
Zingy summer salads
If you thought soy sauce was just for stir fries, now is the time to stir up your ideas and think “outside the bottle”! With a dash of Kikkoman Soy Sauce, you can pep up everything from soups and sauces to shepherds pies (Delia does!), but did you know it’s also the perfect ingredient for a salad dressing with a difference? Made with just four natural ingredients – soybeans, wheat, salt and water – Kikkoman Naturally Brewed Soy Sauce has a delicate, smooth flavour which doesn’t overpower, making it perfect for blending with other dressing ingredients.
Find your way to Britain’s vineyards
A new, fully-revised map of English and Welsh vineyards has been produced by the UK wine industry. An ideal accompaniment for the wine enthusiast, the map shows the location of 163 of the country’s leading vineyards, with cross referenced listings by county, full contact details (with postcodes for easy location), websites and a brief description.
A girls night in
While it’s still cold out there and the hot summer evenings seem a long way off; give yourself a little pick-me-up by inviting your best girly pals around for a decadent night of pampering, gossip and classic chick flicks over a glass of chilled sparkling Pink and toast the impending summer, all in the comfort and warmth of your own home.
A new breed of beer
Beer is back! Whilst we’ve been cooly sipping cocktails, and learning to tell the difference between a shiraz and a merlot, beer has taken a backseat, with its reputation tarnished by drunken loutish behaviour. But now there’s a new breed of beer! Not only does it taste great, but it’s ethical, biodynamic and set to make waves in the drinks industry.
TV dinners with style
Oversized socks, comfy tracksuit bottoms and something good on the box – all that’s needed now for the ultimate night in is a quick, easy and delicious recipe which will transform TV dinners once and for all and a glass of wine to finish off in style.
Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's team up to feed cash-strapped families
Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's team up to put affordable nutritious meals for four on the table for a fiver."Feed your family for a fiver" drive, fronted by Jamie Oliver, offers hearty, nutritious recipe ideas for families of four. Sainsbury's offers fresh meal ideas with ingredients at better than 100-year-old prices.
There’s nothing fishy about Friday
Hungry Brits will spend more than £7,500 on fish and chips over their lifetimes, according to new research commissioned by Young’s Seafood*. Yet sadly nine out of ten people won’t be eating any fish this Friday as the Great British tradition disappears.
April is Wine Month in New York
More than 160 restaurants and 200 wine stores throughout New York State will be celebrating New York Wine Month in April by offering their customers hundreds of fine New York wines from about 90 wineries.