Foodies at the [Edinburgh] Festival
The world’s largest arts event, incorporating the international, fringe, book and jazz festivals is now in full swing. Of course we are talking about the The Edinburgh Festival.
This year (following a successful debut in 2007), Edinburgh Festival’s only dedicated food event, Foodies at the Festival, will be open on Festival Square and in the Sheraton Hotel on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 August.
There will be hundreds of selected exhibitors all selling and demonstrating their wares. Food masterclasses will feature alongside a Seafood Shack (were a wide range of fresh seafood will be available and prepared in front of you) and demonstrations from top Scottish chefs in a purpose-built chefs’ theatre.
Stall holders for the producers’ market include:
o Angus Organics – Organic Meat Produce
o Appellation Wines – Cases of exciting wines.
o Bandirran Estate – Organic Produce
o Better Beverage – Coffee and Tea of the world
o Brown Brothers – Global Leading Australian Wine
o Chocolate Tree – luxury selection of chocolate
o Cooley Irish Whisky – Best of the Irish Malts and Blends
o Dakota Hotel in partnership with DR Collins are launching a ‘Seafood Shack’
o Delfour Hatchery – Sustainably farmed Scottish Brown Trout.
o Demijohn – Liquid Deli – Oils, Vinegars, Wines etc
o Devenick Dairy – Aberdeen produced cheeses and yoghurts.
o Erasmus – Global leading Chilean Wines
o Findlaters – Home Made Pate
o Foodie Boxes – Scottish Food Hampers full of quality produce.
o Godminster Vintage –Organic Produce – Cheese, Vodka, Crackers, Chutney
o Harnetts Oils – producing locally grown food based oils
o Henderson Wines – International quality wines.
o La Tasca – Leading Spanish Tapas Restaurant
o Loch Arthur Creamery – Organic Cheeses and other products.
o Love Olive – Leading Olive and European produce specialist.
o Lovely Bubbly – Special Champagne Bar!
o Macleod Distillery – Whisky Distillers, Blenders and Bottlers
o Mackie’s Ice-cream – a selection of ice-creams, sorbets and smoothies.
o Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), promoting sustainable fish.
o Mr Lindsay Grieve’s - Championship Haggis
o Muriel’s Kitchen – Jams, Preserves, Chutneys
o Oleifera – RapeSeed Oil
o Pampered Chef – International company with quality kitchenware.
o Piperfield Pork –Pork and award winning sausages.
o Simpsons of Speyside – Oatcakes and Biscuits
o Stewart Brewers – Independent and Local Brewery
o Stoats Porridge Bars –Organic and Flavoured Porridge
o Terra Rossa – Specialist Olive Oil
o Townhouse Company - Barbecue by high-end hotel business.
o Weardale Organic Soups
o Well Hung and Tender – Award winning Beef.
o Wickenfen – Gourmet Vegetarian Produce
o La Trinity – Authentic Caribbean foods
Waiter Rant - Thanks For The Tip - Confessions Of A Cynical Waiter
He writes evocatively, he can tell how much you are going to tip within 15 seconds and he says he doesn’t spit in your food - what’s not to like about Stephen Dublanica aka Waiter Rant?
His tales of New York restaurant life from his waiter perspective have captivated blog readers for ages; these tales have now been collated into Waiter Rant - Thanks For The Tip - Confessions Of A Cynical Waiter, that has just hit the New York Times best seller list.
In the UK the book is titled Waiter Rant: Behind the Scenes of Eating Out; same stuff, different title.
hes still figuring out what to do when he grows up, but has survived enough hellish shifts on the restaurant floor, smiling whilst holding burning hot plates and still smiling whilst a customer changes her order for the seventh time, to know a thing or two. His outrageous anecdotes of appalling customer behaviour show that people are at their worst when being served. Bad customers get bad service. So if you dont want your waiter to spit in your food, give you the table next to the toilets on Valentines Day the Waiter suggests you follow a few customer rules.
Waiter Rant: Behind the Scenes of Eating Out available from Amazon.co.uk
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity
The authors are about to have a new book released - THE FLAVOR BIBLE The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative Chefs.
We couldn’t be more excited to let you know that our latest labor of love THE FLAVOR BIBLE: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative Chefs (Little, Brown; 380 pages) has finally left the printer. For any of you who enjoyed our books CULINARY ARTISTRY (classic flavor pairings) or WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT (food and drink pairings) , THE FLAVOR BIBLE is an indispensable companion guide to modern flavor pairings. It’s now available for pre-order on Amazon and is due to hit bricks-and-mortar bookstore shelves in the coming weeks leading up to its official publication date of September 16th.
Looking forward to what could be another essential book for us foodies.
Available for pre-order from Amazon.co.uk
Best Amateur Pudding Chef In The UK
PUDZ is searching for the best pudding enthusiasts to take part in a nationwide search to find the Amateur Pudding Chef of the Year.
To enter, dessert-lovers need to submit their best recipe for any type of dessert and the best five will be selected to take part in a regional bake-off. The recipe does not have to be an original, just something that is delicious and can be baked at the bake-off!
There are three regional heats remaining:
Heat 3 - GLASGOW - 28th August (Glasgow Met)
Heat 4 - BIRMINGHAM - 18th September (Birmingham College of Food)
Heat 5 - BRISTOL - 16th October (City of Bristol College)
The search will then culminate in a live, all expenses paid, grand final bake-off at the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen in London on Thursday November 13, 2008. The five finalists from Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Glasgow will each prepare their pudding, which will then be judged by top celebrity chef, Mich Turner.
The winner will be crowned the Amateur Pudding Chef of the Year 2008 and receive a fantastic weekend away at the Pudding Club. They will also win a cooking lesson with top cake chef, Mich Turner, who has baked cakes for the Queen, Sir Paul McCartney and Madonna amongst others, and been described by Gordon Ramsey as ‘the Bentley of cake makers.”
Get baking people! Full details
Who is Cooking at the Covent Garden Night Markets?
More details on the ‘celebraties’ who will be cooking at the Covent Garden Night Markets:
15th August: Hairy Bikers the Geordie cooking duo who travel round the world by motorbike cooking on route. They recently completed their BBC series ‘The Hairy Bikers Come Home’
22nd August: Willie Harcourt-Cooze the modern day Willie Wonka, who became famous earlier this year with his C4 fly-on-the-wall documentary, Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory.
29th August: Fergus Henderson head chef of St John restaurant and famed for his book ‘Nose to Tail Eating’ – based on his philosophy of using the whole animal in cooking, often neglected cuts of meat
Each should add their own unique feel to the markets which promise to be on all foodies must-visit list this month.
