Essential Cooking Tips
So your best knife set has gone rusty, your butter burns in the pan and your cake always sinks; check out these simple yet essential cooking tips to turn you into an expert in the kitchen and avoid...
View ArticleSpices & Chillies
SPICES & CHILLIES Spices lend character to a host of dishes and, of course, every cuisine has its favourites. To intensify their flavour, toast spices in a dry frying pan over a gentle heat (at...
View ArticleVanilla Chef’s Kitchen Tips!
Vanilla Chef's kitchen tips! To be a better cook, the odd shortcut, tip or helpful hint is essential. The best tip we can give anyone is that you have to practise - pick a few recipes, and cook them...
View ArticleBest Olive Oil For The Job!
HIGH QUALITY OLIVE OIL Always check the use-by date on oil before buying. Oils should also carry a ‘packaged on’ date and the closer to the packaged date you can buy an oil, the fresher it is. Be wary...
View ArticleChocolate
Chocolate has a long history as a glamour food, the food of the gods. The very best chocolate fetches top dollar for it's smooth texture and pure flavour, which unfortunately means that much of the...
View ArticleChristmas Stocking Fillers!
Finding time to squeeze in the Christmas shopping is never easy and if you’re anything like me it usually ends up being put off until the last minute. We end up (with regrets) trapsing around shopping...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Panettone!
Traditionally made for Christmas, the sweet, light bread with raisins and candied citrus peel is also enjoyed year round! In Milan, there is a story about a young kitchen assistant called Toni, in...
View ArticleCaviaroli…. now available with different infusions
Caviaroli is made using a fantastic new technique which surrounds extra virgin olive oil drops with a thin layer of water containing sodium alginate, a gum extracted from the cell walls of brown...
View ArticleTurners Restaurant, Birmingham
In Turners Restaurant, chef Richard Turner has created a small pocket of Michelin-star dining in Birmingham, sitting inconspicuously on Harborne High Street. Its discreet size and location mean that...
View ArticleThe arrival of Spring – March Blog
Head for the woods and put the spring back in your cooking Finally. There’s light in the sky when the working day begins, there’s a glow when it ends. True, it’s still as chilly as ever but as we...
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