Food and Drink

Less Salt, Please!
It’s Salt Awareness Week from Monday 11 to Sunday 17 March, and the campaign, now in its sixth successful year, will be asking for ‘less salt, please’.

‘Of Monsters and Men’ set to rock Bushmills Live 2013
The Old Bushmills Distillery has announced that it will throw open its doors to play host to world class headline acts and emerging indie talent at ‘Bushmills Live’ - a unique two-day festival celebrating handcrafted whiskey and music.
Raise a glass to your mother with a Mummy Mojito
Forget flowers and, yawn, chocolates this Mother’s Day. Why not treat your Mummy to something she will really appreciate this Sunday? Nothing says ‘I love you, Mum’ quite like a bespoke chocolate Mojito.

Knead Bakery launches fresh free from breads in Whole Foods Market
Knead Bakery will launch two highly anticipated fresh free from breads to sit alongside their range of sweet baked goods including cookies and brownies this March.

Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay moves to full production
Bruich Bruichladdich Distillery on the Scottish Inner Hebridean island of Islay has increased production of single malt whisky to one and a half million litres per annum to meet expected future demand.

MASH London team up with Red Nose for a special foodie fundraiser
On Monday 11th March, MASH restaurant in Piccadilly, London will host a one off night celebrating wine and food as part of Red Nose Day’s brand new Menu Relief, to which everybody is invited.

Tyneside food business still going strong after fifteen years
Established in 1998, Epicurus Events has grown from a start-up business operating out of domestic premises with just one member of staff, to owning its own premises of 8500sq.ft and now employs 12 permanent staff and another 100 casual staff throughout the year.

Marco's Red Nose Mash-Up
Staff members at one of the region’s top restaurants are taking a step out of their comfort zones to raise money for Comic Relief.
Death of the family meal
Working families are struggling to find enough time each week to enjoy even a basic sit-down meal together, according to findings from Santander Home Insurance.

Go veggie this March with Canned Food UK
Have you ever considered making a change to your diet and going veggie for a couple of days a week? With ‘Veggie Month’ taking place throughout all of March, there really isn’t a better time to ditch the meat-laden meals and opt for delicious vegetable rich dishes instead.

The world's 'greenest' Vodka launches at Selfridges
Element 29 is a new British artisan vodka which offers a revolutionary refill packaging system making it the most environmentally friendly spirit currently available on the market.

Organic wines and Cornish specialities key to Gourmet Weekend
As the UK's mass food industry negotiates storm and turmoil, guests of the Budock Vean on Cornwall's Helford River are enjoying an oasis of calm knowing the provenance of every morsel that passes their lips.
Bedfordshire’ chilli specialist awarded grant to develop Edible Kitchen
Bedfordshire’s celebrated chilli specialists, Joanna and Shawn Plumb of Edible Ornamentals, have been awarded a major grant in excess of £40,000 to create an Edible Kitchen.
Majority of UK adults think it is possible they have eaten horse meat
As the horsemeat scandal continues to worsen, Usurv asked 1,000 people in the UK about their attitudes to packaged meat, fast food restaurants and whether they may have inadvertently eaten horse meat already.

The Benares Blend Season at the Benares Bar
Atul Kochhar has announced the launch of the Benares Blend Season to take place in the bar at his Michelin starred Mayfair restaurant.