Archive for December, 2006
Menus and Food From Claire MacDonald
Claire Macdonald was listed as one of the top 8 celebrity chefs in the world earlier this year by the times. She just happens to be married to one Lord Godfrey Macdonald, High Chief of Clan Donald and runs Kinloch Lodge, a small luxury hotel and restaurant. She also has a host of cookbooks under […]
Extra Virgin Peace Oil
A worthy product - Peace Oil. A group of peace seeking Jews, Arabs, Druze and Bedouin produce the oil in the foothills of the Carmel Mountains. All profits go towards supporting peace and reconciliation work in the Middle East.
An initiative of registered UK charity The Charities Advisory Trust, Peace Oil encourages co-operation between […]
Food Program For BBC3 Requires ‘Stars’
BBC 3 is on the hunt for participants in a ‘ground-breaking’ food event all about meat.
They need both individuals and families (with teenagers) to take part. It is open to all people who ‘don’t care about where their food comes from’ in addition to - and I hope this means all the readers of […]
70’s Food Back In Vogue
When exactly did cheesecake become a 1970’s relic, consigned to the kitsch dustbin and now due for a revival?
Prawn cocktails and Black Forest gateau I can understand but cheesecake? Apparently these dishes are spearheading a surge in retro foods. The Independent reports that sales of Black Forest gateau, tiramisu, profiteroles and apple strudel, are […]
The UK’s Bestselling Food Books
The top selling food titles in the UK; interestingly the sales figures for the top wine book (Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book Amazon.co.uk £5.99) is just 8,528 copies, compared to 173,495 for Cook With Jamie, the number one selling food book.
1 Cook With Jamie by Jamie Oliver (Amazon.co.uk£13)
2 Gordon Ramsay’s Sunday Lunch (Amazon.co.uk £11.98)
3 Jamie’s […]