Archive for January, 2008
Nosh - freshly made organic food delivery
Nosh has created a unique service that delivers nutritious and appetising organic, dairy and gluten free meals direct to your door. Nosh’s highly trained chefs specialise in a variety of international cuisines and use only the highest standards of fresh, organic produce to create delicious, dairy and gluten free meals tailored to your lifestyle.
And it’s [...]
Flavour verses Flavoured
One thing I picked up in yesterday’s Observer Food Monthly was the difference between the labelling descriptors flavour and flavoured.
“There is a crucial distinction between strawberry ‘flavour’ yoghurt and strawberry ‘flavoured’ yoghurt: only one of the products will have been anywhere near fresh fruit. By law, a flavoured product must be made with actual fruit, [...]
Poll on Out of Town Supermarkets
According to a poll carried out by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), three-quarters of people are opposed to any changes in UK planning law that would make it easier to build out-of-town supermarkets. Which perhaps is not a totally unsurprising poll result seeing as the ACS is ‘the voice of local shops’.
They also suggest [...]
New 2008 Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland
The The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2008 is launched on Friday 25 January priced at £15.99 (€23.20 in Ireland).
This year’s guide includes 15 new one star restaurants. Making-up the list of ‘Rising Stars’ for 2008 are five establishments tipped for one star and three that are tipped for two stars. There are also [...]
International Year of the Potato
Did you know that 2008 is the International Year of the Potato? Neither did I until Eating Leeds gave me the nudge.
“The celebration of the International Year of the Potato (IYP) will raise awareness of the importance of the potato - and of agriculture in general - in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, [...]