Food and Drink
Introducing Divine Chocolate Bakery At Caffe Culture
This year, for the first time, Divine Chocolate Ltd, the leading Fairtrade chocolate company, will be exhibiting at Caffe Culture at Olympia from 23rd – 24th May 2007. As well as the wide range of delicious chocolate products, Divine will be introducing a very special high quality range of bakery products at the show. To discover a truly Divine experience and a very distinctive range, visit Divine on stand D30.
Put The Style Back Into Wine Spritzers This Summer
A new exotic wine spritzer infused with pomegranate juice has now been launched, just in time for summer. Fashionable and current Sabai Pomegranate blends everyone’s favourite superfruit with premium quality Thai wine in a super-stylish bottle. It’s seriously refreshing and has already been picked up by discerning drinkers at London Fashion Week this month where it was previewed at the hottest parties.
“Neighbourhood” Restaurant To Open In Notting Hill Gate
Opening in July 2007 and occupying a site that was once a Victorian butcher’s shop, Hereford Road will offer simple yet innovative British cooking. Tom Pemberton, formerly head chef of St. John Bread and Wine, will use the best nationally sourced, seasonal produce, placing the provenance of meat, fish and vegetables at the centre of the endeavour.
Visit A Vineyard During Welsh Wine Week
Alpaca walking is just one of the unusual treats on offer as vineyards across Wales throw open their doors to visitors to celebrate Welsh Wine Week (May 26-June 3).
One To Watch – The Cocktail World Cup
This year top bartenders from the UK & Ireland’s leading style bars & restaurants will battle it out in a live event at Taste of London in Regent’s Park 22 June for a place in the world’s most coveted cocktail competition in New Zealand this September.
Celebrate English Wine Week At Addendum
Addendum restaurant, at The Apex City of London Hotel, 1 Seething Lane, London EC3, will be celebrating English Wine Week (26th May – 3rd June 2007) with a special three course menu, paired with glasses of fine English wines. The menu will be served at lunch and dinner throughout English Wine Week, and costs £45 per person.
Cocktails & Casual Dining In A Room With A View
For London’s literary circles, foodies and West End shoppers, there is a relatively unknown room with a view to which they can retreat and put up their feet. Drinking and dining with a book in your hand is part of the social attraction of the 5th View at Waterstone’s Piccadilly, London W1 – Europe’s largest book store.
Going Bananas For New Icecream Flavour
A Welsh ice cream maker has created a brand new flavour using bananas that are actually grown in Wales. Llandeilo-based artisan icecream makers Heavenly are behind the first icecream to be made from Welsh bananas.
Award Winning Chai Pani Offers Contemporary Tastes
Rajasthan, the land of kings, is arguably India’s most colourful state. Many restaurants have tried to reflect this in Rajasthani Festivals but none have concentrated purely on the unique cuisine of this historic state – that is until 2003, when sisters Jyoti and Sandhya Goenka opened Chai Pani in London’s Seymour Street.
A Taste Of Italy At Selfridge’s Obika Restaurant
Obika, the sophisticated mozzarella bar and restaurant on the second floor of Selfridges is now serving real Aperitivo Italiano - a wide range of freshly made canapés, finger food, snacks and bruschette which will be available between 6pm and 9pm every Thursday, included in the price of the first drink (£7 for a glass of wine or soft drink, and £9 for an alcoholic cocktail).
Have A Sexy Suma Summer
If you want to feel and look good this summer, you might want to take a leaf, or more accurately a root, out of the Brazilian’s book. Suma is a herb that grows in the rainforests of South America. Its root has been dried and used medicinally for thousands of years by the natives of Brazil, where it is known as ‘Para Todo’, meaning ‘for all things’, as its medicinal properties are thought to be so far reaching.
Sip Your Way To A Good Habit
In the eternal quest to find what is best for skin, women everywhere exhaust limitless options. And we end up with beauty cabinets stuffed full of pots of cream and beauty supplements, many of which languish half-used or unopened.
Harrods Launches Gourmet Picnic Menus
As the days get longer, and the sun begins to have his hat on, our thoughts turn to the Great Outdoors. This is where we will head for the hills, and in true British tradition, go on a grail like search for the ‘Perfect Spot’ for a picnic, be it a tree for shade; a fantastic view; a space to play; or somewhere to watch the world go by - it will take an age to find, and tempers will fray, so why add to the stress by trying to remember whether you packed the salt and pepper? Let Harrods prepare it for you.
Celebrate the best of British cuisine
Award-winning MU Restaurant introduces its new “Best of British” à la carte menu. Devised by Chef David Brett the idea is to offer a selection of some of the best traditional dishes from all corners of Britain.
Ben & Jerry’s Battle Against The Belch
Ben & Jerry’s first embarked on a campaign to ‘Lick Global Warming’ back in 2002 and now they’re on a mission against emissions, and we’re not just talking carbon emissions. Yes, the ethical ice cream makers are tackling a whole herd of different gases by facing up to the fact that its Friesian friends’ flatulence contributes to global warming.