Archive for March, 2007
Win A Hotel Chocolate Hamper
Hotel Chocolat has teamed up with The Foodie List and Spittoon Extra to offer you an exclusive Online Easter Egg Hunt in the run up to Easter.
To enter the competition and find the chocolate goodies, you need to answer the five questions below and use the first letter of each answer to create a […]
Food From Britain - Protected Status
France has 161. Italy 155 and Spain 97. In the UK we have just 35. Our list includes Stilton Cheese, Welsh Lamb, Jersey Potatoes and Cornish Clotted Cream. These regional specialities are recognised by the European Union with protected status.
The Protected Status scheme was established in 1993 - products are either PDO’s (Protected Designation of […]
Waste Not, Want Not
This is quite astounding really - about one third of all the food we buy is thrown away. This amounts to more than three million tons annually or 15p in every £1 spent on food.
Now we all have duplicate spice jars and odd ingredients that we use for one exciting recipe only for it […]
Duck recipes in the Telegraph
Duck rillons, Roast duck breast with cider butter sauce, Duck with dried cherries, Duck liver and caramelised onion bruschetta and Duck noodle soup are featured in an interesting article by Xanthe Clay in the Telegraph (17 March 07) “She focusses on ethical production methods for free-range Freedom Food ducks in the UK. Given the […]
In Search Of The Best Easter Egg
As a kid there was always that searing feeling of disappointment at Easter. OK so you received plenty of chocolate; but how disappointing were those fancy packages - tons of glittery wrapping and the thinest chocolate ever. And if the egg was actually empty… as for those who brought the damn things they were […]
