Archive for October, 2006
Bengt Ek Aluminium Twin Timer
I love the 1930’s style of these kitchen timers - if any of my sister is reading please add to your ‘far-to-early’ Christmas present list!
Two timers, one counting down the hour the other 20 minutes, are priced at £29.95 from CooksParaphernalia.co.uk. They also do a similar three timer version (20, 60 and 120 [...]
Blumenthal DVD in The Times
Today’s Sunday Times includes a Heston Blumenthal DVD where the famous chef ’shows you step by step how to create some perfect accompaniments to his perfect British dishes’.
The recipes are to be featured in the Style section from today and over the next three weeks. The recipes/instructions today cover making your own sausages, onion [...]
Baskerville Arms: County Dining Pub of the Year
My local, The Baskerville Arms, has been awarded the Good Pub Guide’s County Dining Pub of the Year. The pub has always had a local reputation for excellent food but I have never eaten there. I know… the shame…
It all feels quite homely, but in a smart way, with some chintzy touches such [...]
Pizza Express: The Trifolata Pizza
Trifolata is the new pizza from Pizza Express. An unremarakbale piece of news until you get to the bit about white truffels. They are actually going to be serving pizza topped with white truffle. After caviar white truffle is the most expensive ingredient in the world, clocking in at thousands of pounds per kilo.
An [...]
Top Tips For Buying At Billingsgate
Today Billingsgate gets though 480 tonnes of fish a week, although in its heyday the figure was nearer 400 tonnes a day. Anyone can buy fish from the market; the London Paper ran an article the other day and gave some handy tips on doing so
Billingsgate wakes up early in the morning but the best [...]