Archive for November, 2008
Pudz Amateur Pudding Chef 2008 Is Found!
Sam Greaves (19) from Bishopston, Bristol has been crowned PUDZ Amateur Pudding Chef 2008 (which was announced on The Foodie List back in August)
PUDZ has been searching all year for the best amateur pudding chefs in the UK. Heats took place across the country and the top chefs from each area were chosen to [...]
Three Bears Soft Licorice
Historically speaking, licorice – which comes from the root of a flowering pea plant that originates from countries such as Turkey, Iraq and China – has been eaten for thousands of years.
The Chinese, for instance, believed that licorice made you strong and helped you to live longer. Licorice root was used by Roman soldiers [...]
FSA Launches Food Fraud Hotline
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has set up a new hotline to allow individuals and businesses to report fraudulent activity in food sales and marketing in a much quicker and easier way than previously.
The FSA defines food fraud as being committed when “food is deliberately placed on the market, for financial gain, with [...]
Winter at the Novelli Academy
Jean-Christophe Novelli, who spent the summer filming in Los Angeles, is now back at his Hertfordshire cookery school and is offering a tempting array of one and two day cookery classes at his Novelli Academy in the run up to Christmas, ideal for birthday or Christmas gifts or Christmas parties with a difference.
The courses, which [...]
Foodie Gifts at the Gluttonous Gardener
With one eye towards the looming festive season Sally contacted me at the end of last week to introduce her company:
We are The Gluttonous Gardener we specialise in gifts that are witty combinations of plants and edibles. Our website www.glut.co.uk has over 50 different gifts and there is something for all gift giving occasions.
For [...]