Food News
Hearty Halloween food
Cooking for the family on Halloween needs to be easy and delicious, especially if the children are itching to go out trick or treating. This slow cooked chicken curry made with Total Greek Yoghurt takes just a few minutes to prepare and then it can be left in the oven for 2 ½ hours to slowly cook.
Diwali dreams
Diwali, the ‘Festival of Lights’ is a pan-Indian, five-day celebration that coincides with the Traditional Pure Basmati harvest, which this year it falls on 23rd October (the dates vary according to the lunar calendar).
Discover seasonal food on your doorstep
The National Forest has such a fantastic choice of locally produced food but how do food lovers find out what is available? Well, help is at hand with the summer issue of The National Forest Food Guide.
Seven days of chocolate heaven
Chocolate Week (12-18 October) is going from strength to strength, and Divine Chocolate, the company co-owned by cocoa farmers, is once again delighted to be co-sponsoring this nationwide celebration of fine chocolate.
You are ‘how’ you eat
New research has revealed that as a nation, we are guilty of a multitude of food faux-pas; from pinching food off our partners’ plates (25%), to picking out the bits we don’t like with our fingers (one in five).
Heston Blumenthal grills kitchen inventors
Heston Blumenthal is at the forefront of the final stage of a nationwide culinary competition to find the most innovative Brit, who will transform our kitchen experiences.
Milk industry is made of the white stuff
The dairy industry looks set to smash targets for cutting the impact producing dairy products has on the environment. One year after launching the Milk Roadmap, first indications are that the industry is well on the way towards the first set of milestones in 2010.
Economy gastronomy – Eat better and spend less
A major new weekly primetime BBC series ‘Economy Gastronomy’ start yesterday, with an accompanying tie-in book. ‘Economy Gastronomy’ is about eating better and spending less. It’s about cutting your weekly shopping bill whilst making the most of your ingredients.
New relish is nobody’s fool
Famed for its array of award-winning chutneys, relishes and pickles, Tracklements has added a new and fantastically flavoursome Gooseberry Relish to their seasonal range.
The MacBook is the new cookbook
Most of Britain’s kitchens have a designated place for recipes – be it books on a shelf or a page torn from a magazine; the vast majority of us have turned to them at some point – for inspiration, novelty or to impress that certain someone.
Bangers and beans get a makeover
Forget property expert Sarah Beeny and fashion guru Gok Wan, frozen-food specialist Dalepak has today completed the definitive style makeover on the classic British dish - bangers, beans and mash!
Get stewed!
A new company, heading into Ocado and Waitrose at the end of August and early Autumn respectively, ‘stewed!’ is all about delivering hand-made, gourmet, ready-made stews that are funky yet wholesome, interesting and convenient.
Experience the unique taste of Salt Marsh Lamb
For many years, the sweet, tender and distinctly flavoured meat of lambs grazed on coastal salt marshes has been regarded as a fine delicacy, particularly in France.
Classic British dishes get a modern makeover
Most of us love our national signature dishes – but with a little imagination they can be transformed into more contemporary versions that are arguably an improvement on the original.
I carried a watermelon?
UK supermarket giant Tesco have teamed up with Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage to celebrate National Watermelon Day on Tuesday 4 August by offering lucky shoppers the chance to win holiday of a lifetime to North Carolina USA, plus tickets to see the hit West End production at London’s Aldwych Theatre.