Archive for October, 2007
Chicken Out Campaign
You may have heard about the conditions involved in intensive factory farming of broiler (meat) chickens. Hugh of River Cottage fame has launched a national campaign to put pressure on the industry to raise its standards: the Chicken Out! campaign.
“Chicken Out! has so far been led by River Cottage locals, especially in and around Axminster, […]
AA Gill in the Sunday Times
Whatever you think of AA Gill - pompous, intolerant, perfectionist, - you have to admit he is a great writer. His usual writings appeared throughout yesterday’s Sunday Times including a plug for his new book that “pulls together the highlight and lowlights of his time at the table”.
You can read the article on the Times […]
Chocolate Week
It’s the first day of Chocolate Week (15th - 21st October) which is as good an excuse to indulge as any I think!
As part of the celebrations Visit London has created a Chocoholic’s Weekend guide to help Londoners and weekend visitors to the city make the most out of all it has to […]
Taste Spain in London
Spain comes to London with Taste Spain 2007 (12-19 October) with an extravaganza of Spanish food, wine, music and culture!
The week’s programme includes a Spanish food market (13 October) on Kings Road, Chelsea (Duke of York Square); two days of Spanish food, wine and entertainment at Borough Market (17-18 October), where nine of Spain’s top […]
UKBlog Watch: Paula Goddard dot com
Paula Goddard contacted me sometime ago highlighting her blog, surprisingly named, Paula Goddard dot com. She describes her site as
paulagoddard.com is a wine, food and gardening blog run by Paula Goddard, freelance food and drinker writer, and drinks columnist for Sky’s over-50s site livingit.com.
Recent posts have covered Musical Stoves, the launch of Co-Op’s Fairtrade Wines […]