Archive for January, 2007

BBC Good Food Summer Festival

Tickets have now gone on sale for the BBC Good Food Summer Festival; the Good Food Show’s little brother. The show is to beheld at The NEC, Birmingham from 13-17 June.
The show will be packed full of first class entertainment, summer gourmet delights and gadgets galore. We have all the ingredients for […]


French Gourmet Foods

If you hanker for escargots (snails) , foie gras (goose or duck liver), cassoulet (meat and bean stew) and other french delicacies and cannot wait until your next visit to la Belle France - you can get a 10% discount at the .
With a wide range of items including giftware, kitchenware (Laguiole Knives) - these […]


Rick Stein’s Chalky Has Died

Rick Stein’s four-legged sidekick, Chalky, has died at 17.
The Jack Russell, who has a dedicated section of the chefs website, appeared in several of the chef’s TV programs including Food Heroes. Stein said Chalky, who died on Saturday, was ‘loved by everyone’.


Vive La France Show

France comes to London via the Vive la France Show.
Take a journey to Vive la France, the biggest celebration of France this side of the channel. If you enjoy French food, wine, fashion, music, lifestyle & culture, then Vive la France is the perfect day out for you.
It starts tomorrow at Olympia and runs […]


The Supermarket Egg War of 2007

Did you realise there is an inter-supermarket egg war in progress?
ASDA is accusing several of the other big chains of stocking non-British free range eggs. A secret shopper exercise held just before Christmas highlighted Sainsburys, Morrisons and Lidl as stocking free range eggs from Holland, France or Germany. A shortfall in UK production is […]