Archive for February, 2007
50 Best Food Websites
The Independent (17 Feb 07 Print edition) continues its series of 50 best…. this week with a selection of food websites - surprisingly not including www.thefoodielist.co.uk!
The criteria for selection is never quite clear, but there are usually some interesting discoveries - as well as some obvious omissions.
A couple of highlights for me were….
Hobbs House Bakery […]
Australian Olive Oil at Sainsburys
Two award winning Australian olive oils have just been listed by Sainsbury’s.
Last week the inaugural International Olive Oil Awards competition gave the Ollo Fresh & Fruity a Gran Mantion Diploma, acknowledging the superior chemical composition of the product.
The international recognition is a further coup for the new Australian olive oil, which is produced […]
Crab In Season
Crab is now ‘in season’ and as far as I am aware not on the endangered list. How many people though still have access to a quality dedicated fish monger? Not many I would wager.
On-line it is then.
Sadly my first stop - Fowey Fish (a firm favourite from staying in the small Cornish town […]
Tea Healthier Than Water
The BBC highlights an interesting peice of research - interesting if you drink copious amounts of tea that is. Apparently drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as drinking water and may even have extra health benefits.
Public health nutritionist Dr Carrie Ruxton, and colleagues at Kings College London, […]
La Dolce Vita - Italian Festival
To be staged in Olympia, London over the 8th - 11th March 2007, La Dolce Vita Italian Festival.
It is not all food and drink at La Dolce Vita - property and travel play a large part too. On the culture front there is an Alfra Romeo sponsored gallery that Italian design icons from the 1960’s […]
