Food and Drink
Festive Goodies For Fairtrade Foodies
Cafédirect, the UK’s leading Fairtrade hot drinks company, has teamed up with The Gluttonous Gardener to provide the perfect Christmas gift for green-fingered gourmets. The ‘Coffee Lovers Crate’ is sure to be a winner with coffee connoisseurs and garden goddesses alike.
Celebrating Mendip's Food And Drink
This year’s Mendip Food and Drink Festival has been launched with plans for a colourful calendar of events. Organisers and sponsors of the week-long celebration of food and drink gathered on the Mendips to officially launch the 2007 event and invite businesses to take part.
Freedom Food Organic Salmon Launches At Morrisons
Morrisons has become the first retailer to stock Freedom Food labelled salmon that is also certified organic, into 164 of its stores nationwide. Organic Boned Scottish Salmon Fillet and Organic Smoked Salmon comes from farms that are assessed to strict RSPCA welfare standards.
Discover London’s Hidden Secrets With “Tanqueray Tables”
Imagine being able to relax with friends in the courtyards of some of London’s most exclusive and historic residences this Summer. The makers of Tanqueray gin, together with Toptable.co.uk, are opening up the courtyards of some of London’s most exclusive private residences for a unique series of one-off evenings entitled “Tanqueray Tables”.
“Thoughts For Food” At Trinity Restaurant
Trinity Restaurant is situated in the heart of Clapham Old Town and adjacent to Clapham Common. Trinity opened in November 06 and sees Adam Byatt returning to his roots in Clapham, the area that saw his rise to critical acclaim and public success with his first owned restaurant Thyme.
New Summer Cocktail - The Red Vermeer
Inspired by Johannes Vermeer’s “The Girl with a Red Hat”, late night venue Kitts, situated in London’s Sloane Square, has created an indulgent new cocktail combining espresso, raspberry puree and Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur.
Award-Winning Edinburgh Restaurant Moves Home
Award-winning restaurant Roti will triple in size at a new location on Morrison Street, just off Edinburgh city centre's Lothian Road from Saturday 28th July. Independently owned by award-winning chef Tony Singh, Roti is the sister restaurant of the highly acclaimed Oloroso.
Stelios Launches easyPizza In The Midlands
Stelios the serial entrepreneur and founder of easyJet has introduced one of his more recent easyGroup businesses to Coventry. easyPizza is a pizza delivery business and is now operating three Coventry sites based in Bedworth (Mill Street), Earlsdon (Spon End) and Wyken (Hipswell Highway), which means that anyone in Coventry and Bedworth can now order an easyPizza meal.
Ready Steady - Lesley's Out Of Time!
Ready Steady Cook favourite Lesley Waters has run out of time in the charity challenge to find Britain’s favourite British turkey recipe. Her recipe for Turkey Koftas, using red onion, red pepper and cranberries for colour, was judged by visitors to Britishturkey.co.uk , but failed to find enough voters to keep her in the contest.
A New Generation Of Organic Meat Free Burgers
The food team at Cauldron like nothing better than coming up with new and inspiring ideas for their imaginative range of meat-free recipes. Their latest creations - Organic Mushroom & Wensleydale Burgers; Organic Mushroom & Stilton Burgers; and Organic Tofu & Aduki Bean Chilli Burgers – are true to form.
No More Soggy Lunches
Fed up with limp, soggy crisp bakes? Try Cauldron’s new Organic Shiitake Mushroom & Tofu Crisp Bakes. They are crispy all over, as a crisp bake should be, and make an irresistible treat for lunch or supper.
The Easy Way To Seriously Super Summer Picnics
We Brits just love to picnic and whether it’s sandwiches by the sea or a more sumptuous affair, even the smallest amount of pre-planning will transform any picnic into perfection.
Conwy Sausages Set To Go With A Bang At Tescos
Traditional banger lovers will be in for a treat as award-winning butcher Edwards of Conwy launches a new range of products with Tesco at the Royal Welsh Show (July 23-26). This Welsh company already supplies Tesco with pre-packed sausages, and this latest deal will see six new products appearing in the retailer’s loose counters, giving customers even greater choice.
Iced Tea Is Now Healthier Than Ever!
With the nation’s increasing obsession about getting in shape and looking great, there’s now no reason why consumers can’t have a soft drink to match their lifestyle. The worlds most popular iced tea, Lipton Ice Tea, has 35% less sugar than most regular soft drinks and absolutely no artificial colours, flavourings and sweeteners.
Talk To The Winemaker - Judy Beardsall
The succession of European winemakers taking part in Talk to our Winemaker on Fromvineyardsdirect.com marches on this week, from Château Leoville-Barton in Bordeaux right across the Alps and down into the heart of Tuscany, as Judy Beardsall of Ananda di Toscana begins a fortnight at the keyboard, answering the questions wine enthusiasts want to ask the producer of this estate’s particularly Super Tuscan wine.