Food News
Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's team up to feed cash-strapped families
Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's team up to put affordable nutritious meals for four on the table for a fiver."Feed your family for a fiver" drive, fronted by Jamie Oliver, offers hearty, nutritious recipe ideas for families of four. Sainsbury's offers fresh meal ideas with ingredients at better than 100-year-old prices.
There’s nothing fishy about Friday
Hungry Brits will spend more than £7,500 on fish and chips over their lifetimes, according to new research commissioned by Young’s Seafood*. Yet sadly nine out of ten people won’t be eating any fish this Friday as the Great British tradition disappears.
Slimline Indian at MS Life
Award winning food writer Mridula Baljekar will be demonstrating her skills in creating fat-free Indian dishes at MS Society’s national conference at Manchester Central, held on 29th and 30th March.
Tasty new talent at BBC Two
BBC Two has commissioned two new primetime food programmes for 2008. Culinary explorer and chef Valentine Warner is set to combine cooking and natural history to take us on a journey through the best seasonal autumn food.
Chocolate overtakes religion at Easter in the minds of the UK
As one of the most important dates in the Christian calendar fast approaches, it may come as a surprise to many that the majority of the nation does not see Easter first and foremost as a religious festival.
Sir Stelios delivers tasty toppings to London
Pizza lovers across London are set to enjoy top value meals following the announcement of the expansion of easyPizza.com throughout the Capital. News of the pizza service comes from Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, serial entrepreneur and founder of the easyGroup companies (easy.com).
Get your oats online!
Naturally nutritious, oats are one of nature’s healthiest foods and thanks to the new look website from nairn’s you can buy all varieties of nairn’s oatcakes, oat biscuits and oat bakes online and learn all about their health benefits.
Waitrose goes nuts for Liberation
Waitrose is the first UK supermarket to stock new Fairtrade nut brand, Liberation. These delicious packs of mixed cashew nuts and peanuts, baked with just a light drizzle of oil, are available in 2 flavours – ‘lightly salted’ and ‘with a hint of smoked’ flavour.
Egg-elicious this Easter
To celebrate Easter this year, Marc Demarquette has introduced a range of hand-painted Art Deco style Chocolate Easter eggs which have been infused with Lavender, Ginger, Coffee, Orange, Cinnamon and Wild Peppermint. The pop-art eggs are presented in either a funky selection of colourful half-dozen egg boxes or by the dozen in a stylish porcelain tray.
If Very Lazy is good enough for Delia
It’s not only us mere mortals who know we are onto a good thing with a jar of Very Lazy in the kitchen cupboard. Saint Delia herself also uses them – and is proud to say so.
The ultimate cheese on toast!
Love cheese on toast? The nation’s most satisfying snack is about to get even better thanks to restaurateur and celebrity chef Brian Turner, who has revealed his secret for creating the ‘Ultimate Cheese on Toast’. His delicious recipe and many more are available to download at Cathedralcity.co.uk.
Have a Dubbly good fair-trade Easter
This Easter look out for new speckled Fairtrade chocolate eggs from Dubble - great for Dubbly good easter egg hunts! Available now for Easter, Dubble Speckled Eggs are the perfect choice for Easter Egg Hunts - kids will adore these multi-coloured miniature treats.
A passion for cheese in London
London is now home to a wonderful new shop, La Cave a Fromage, offering the very best of primarily French and British cheeses. Owned by Eric Charriaux and Amnon Paldi who are both passionate about cheese and in particular some of the cheeses matured by their wholesale business, Premier Cheese, such as a 12 month old Berkswell and Cerney.
Grow your way to a healthier future
Britons can now go green and healthy and get their five-a-day dose of fruit and veg without a trip to the supermarket - thanks to a leading mail order gardening business. Spalding Plant & Bulb Co. has launched an ambitious nationwide campaign to help families grow their way to a healthier future.
A healthier way for ‘fast food’
More and more frequently, busy lifestyles are making us turn to junk food as a convenient and quick alternative to preparing a proper meal, but there is a hefty price to pay. According to a recent study by Linkoping University*, people who regularly eat junk food are in danger of damaging their livers in as little as one month.