Food News
Booths backs RSPCA 'Freedom Food' scheme
Booths has become Britain's first food retailer to ensure that 100% of its Lakeland Herdwick lamb is "Freedom Food" accredited. Freedom Food is an independent charity set up by the RSPCA in 1994 to improve farm animal welfare, insisting on higher welfare standards than other UK farm assurance schemes.
Savvy savings for ‘cook at home’ Brits
Britons could save more than £830 each year by cooking curry at home rather than ordering from a takeaway. Curry fans are totting up an average of £42 for every takeaway meal ordered, an eye watering 320% more than the same meal cooked at home.
Church leaders cook up mouth watering recipes
Church leaders from across the UK are supporting a fundraising cookbook, which will comprise recipes supplied entirely by them and members of the public.
A taste of South Africa
South Africa is a hot holiday destination for Brits in 2009, but don’t fret if you can’t make the trip - a taste of SA is coming your way This year has seen a growing trend among Brits to visit exotic holiday destinations. Partly it’s because of the exchange rate, but mainly it’s because we’re hungry to be somewhere dramatically different.
We all love a little Italy
We might be proud to be British but the fact is, we’d still rather be Italian. Of all our European cousins’ lifestyles, it’s La Dolce Vita we envy the most, citing the glorious Italian weather, people-friendly work-life balance, peerless sense of style and mouth-watering cuisine as the reasons why. While Italy is famed for its rich traditions of art, theatre, cinema, literature and music, it’s perhaps for its food that people know it best.
Valentine's Day breakfast in bed for 'cereal' romantics
Mymuesli has launched a limited edition Valentine's Day 'Love Crunch' for ‘cereal’ romantics wanting to tantalise their lover's taste buds between the sheets this Valentine's Day.
Welcome to Barny’s Place
Barny’s Place has marked its arrival in The City of London. Barny’s is a quick service restaurant concept, serving healthy but hearty hot food using the latest fast food technology from America, but replacing frozen, fried and processed ingredients with fresh natural ingredients. This unique project promises to change the popular notion that fast food and the machinery used to produce it has to result in greasy and unsavoury cuisine that is bad for you.
The perfect recipe for a green Christmas
Christmas might be one of the busiest times of the year but the good news is it seems our green habits don't melt away as the festivities start. According to new research by Marks & Spencer, we have already started planning the little things to ensure this Christmas is a green one. Seven out of ten of us plan to recycle Christmas cards and the vast majority - about 9 in 10 - take time out to recycle used wrapping paper.
Cold comfort helps mums beat winter freeze
There's a burning dilemma facing Britain this winter: heat or eat. Energy bills are at a high and set to stretch household budgets to the limit - not good for the majority who feel pressured to maintain a nutritious and plentiful standard of food for their families. However, many are finding that while luxuries may be out, a common sense approach to the weekly shop can do much to restore the balance.
Nutmeg Frog opens festive food pop up store
This festive season renowned bakery, Nutmeg Frog, hosts their first pop up store in Covent Garden. Stock up on homemade mince pies, stollen, pannetone and Christmas cakes all made with organic Cotswold flour, Sussex butter and Fairtrade spices, while soaking up the festive atmosphere of the historic Piazza. With a variety of delicious delicacies and festive fare, Nutmeg Frog is a one stop shop for all your Christmas needs.
Dinner for one?
One and two person households are the UK's fastest growing demographic - and it's causing problems in the kitchen. The number of people living alone has doubled since 1971 and it's predicted single households will outnumber family households by 2031.
Sophie Michell’s nutritious, quick easy family recipes
The ‘Glamorous Gourmet’ and star of Channel 4’s Cook Yourself Thin, Sophie Michell has revealed how to create speedy, inexpensive and healthy dinners that all the family will love, using Uncle Ben’s range of cooking sauces which are free from artificial colourings, flavourings and preservatives and contain high quality, wholesome ingredients, including fragrant and aromatic spices.
I’m dreaming of a Booths Christmas
This year, celebrate Christmas in style with Booths. The foodies’ favourite food stores have everything you’ll need for the festive season, from Mince Pies and Stollen to Christmas Pudding and a range of Hampers.
Funnel cakes are taking hold in London!
Original American Funnel Cakes started to be imported into Europe last year and after a very busy summer at numerous events and fairs, many people have now started selling them in pubs, catering trailers and restaurants, across the UK, however Hampstead people seem to enjoy them the most.
Reducing the carbon footprint of frozen food
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) and the Carbon Trust have reported the launch of their first joint project for the frozen food industry. The project ‘Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the frozen food industry’, examines the opportunity for potential temperature efficiency improvements within the frozen food industry based on the current legislative parameters.