If you’ve become a chunk rather than a hunk over lockdown you’ll be trying to cut carbs and eating more veg. But if you are stuck in a boring rut of tasteless tinfoil trays of roasted ‘Med vegetables then try the ‘Yondu effect’ – boosting yumminess without adding the usual cheats of extra salt, oil […]
Tiger Prawn with Sweetcorn and Chilli By Ching He Huang
A quick and tasty stir-fry that is symbolic for Chinese New Year. Prawns symbolise happiness as they are homonym for ‘laughter’ and their reddish colour is synonymous with ‘luck’. The yellow colour of the corn resembles small nuggets of gold symbolizing ‘wealth’.gold symbolizing ‘wealth’. Tiger Prawn with Sweetcorn and Chilli Serves two as a main […]
Festive canapés from Bake Off Flora Shedden and ao.com
The wonderfully sweet Flora Shedden shares some festive canapé tips here courtesy of the AO.com lifestyle hub of no-nonsense reviews, content and video round-ups of the things that make life great. Meeting Flora makes life great, too. So it was nice to have a coffee – from a large, shiny machine – obviously, and chat to the 19-year-old who wowed us for nine weeks on […]
Authentic Cuban Mojito with Havana Club
Mojito is the nation’s favourite cocktail, the ice is melting in a diplomatic thaw and Sunday 16th August is International Rum Day. So it’s perfect time to celebrate rum. The mojito was first created in Cuba and the authentic Cuban way is nothing fancy or complicated, just fresh ingredients and simple methods with Havana Club […]
FOOD: Oloves UK Launch – tasty new olives
We love oloves. Juicy, natural pitted olives in clever packs. Eat from the bag, garnish cocktails, toss them into salads or bake into breads, which is just what we did at the UK launch of Oloves. Oloves founder Matt Hunt was sat at a bar in Spain watching the topping up of the olives on […]
Malay Taste’s Family Recipes and Meal Kits
We like the look of these – unleash the exotic with Malay Taste’s authentic new product range of a fusion of flavours unique to Malaysian cuisine. In Malaysia, rather than having separate starters and main courses, all of the dishes are served at once and shared by all. A typical Malay meal will have a mix […]
The Boy Who Bakes at London’s Athenaeum
The Pudding Parlour at the athenaeum on Piccadilly in London is featuring recipes From Edd Kimber, The Boy Who Bakes. At the risk of jumping on the band wagon wheel we can’t help but notice Britain has become bake-off barmy. During British Baking Week the award-winning London’s athenaeum launched their evening Pudding Parlour with Edd Kimber, winner of BBC’s The Great […]