Archive for May, 2008
Return of Opel Fruits
They vanished form the nations sweet stands 10 years ago - now Opel Fruits have returned, but only for a limited three months. They were renamed as Starburst in 1998 as part of a global marketing plan.
You will have to head to ASDA to buy them mind as the supermarket is to be the […]
Cooking With Booze
A collection of recipes grouped under the Cooking With Booze title are available both for free on-line and as a paid for book.
The book has been compiled by George Harvey Bone, I use the word compiled rather than written as he didn’t create all the recipes himself rather culling them from many sources, including […]
Celebrity chef Phil Vickery cooks up a pudding storm
This month the celeb chef creates a personal favourite, Millionaires Shortbread.
Everybody loves a good pud! From homemade apple pie to granny’s spotted dick or mum’s treacle tart, everyone’s a winner. But how often do you make home-made puds and do you really know where to start?
Well don’t panic! Celebrity chef Phil Vickery is […]
Great British Cheese and Classic Wine Tasting
The Wine and Spirit Education Trust - those fine people who provide top notch qualifications for the wine trade - also offer courses and events for the more generally interested.
May the 19th sees a Great British Cheese and Classic Wine tasting. A little expensive we feel at £55.00 per person. The event runs from […]
In Search of - Organic Baking Ingredients
Steenbergs - those very nice perveyours of organic/fairtrade herbs and things - have just released an organic peppermint extract and an organic rose water. These new bottles join their organic fairtrade vanilla extract. The range is packaged in pinks and blues, packed in 100ml bottles, and will soon be joined in the shops by flavoured […]