On a cold day, I love nothing more than a bowl of hot soup and some fresh chunky bread, and with this easy recipe I can always have it! There’s no hanging around waiting for it to prove and it can be rustled up in less than an hour from start to finish. The bicarbonate […]
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Get Top seasonal tips at Abergavenny Christmas Food & Drink Fair
The Abergavenny Christmas Food & Drink Fair takes place on Sunday 14 December (10.00 – 5.00pm), but there’s a run-up event on the Saturday (13 Dec) at Homes of Elegance (Abergavenny) to get you in the party mood. Lindy Wildsmith, award-winning cook and food writer, will make festive drinks based on recipes from her new […]
Nana’s Kitchen: Apple Dessert Cake
This is a very quick and easy dessert to prepare. Most of the ingredients are store cupboard mainstays, with the exception of the cooking apple, which if you are just wanting to rustle something up quickly, can be replaced by eating apples – just be less generous with the sugar topping. Ingredients 170g self raising […]
Festive Food all wrapped up at Christmas Food & Drink Fair
The fourth Abergavenny Food Festival Christmas Food and Drink Fair takes place on Sunday 14 December (10.00am – 5.00pm). Chef Dem with Carl Cheetham, Head Chef at Gliffaes Hotel – photographer Toril Brancher With over ninety hand-picked speciality food exhibitors every facet of the festive season is covered: fresh and cured meats, poultry and game, […]
Festive Food all wrapped up at Christmas Food & Drink Fair
The fourth Abergavenny Food Festival Christmas Food and Drink Fair takes place on Sunday 14 December (10.00am – 5.00pm). With over ninety hand-picked speciality food exhibitors every facet of the festive season is covered: fresh and cured meats, poultry and game, cheeses and chocolates, cakes and desserts, wines and liqueurs, ales and ciders and a […]
Chicken & Chorizo Bake
This recipe is very easy as you make it in one roasting dish and at only 400 calories per serving, it’s great if you’re watching your weight If the calories don’t worry you too much, just add some more spuds and a bit more chorizo. The tomatoes and chorizo release all their juices into the […]
The Bakers’ Table – World Bread Awards Success
Real Bread Bakery, The Bakers’ Table at Melin Talgarth Mill scooped four awards on their first attempt at the Tiptree World Bread Awards 2014. Although they did not make the finalists awards ceremony where veteran award winning Hay baker Alex Gooch took the top prize in the Sourdough category, The Bakers’ Table received Gold for […]
Nana’s Kitchen: Honey Hazelnut Cake
As well as fruit trees, I benefit from having a hazel tree in my garden, which bears fruit every year. However, it is quite difficult to judge when to pick them: too early and they are bitter, too late and the squirrels have them. This year I timed it just right and beat the squirrels […]
Nana’s Kitchen: Honey Hazlenut Cake
As well as fruit trees, I benefit from having a hazel tree in my garden, which bears fruit every year. However, it is quite difficult to judge when to pick them: too early and they are bitter, too late and the squirrels have them. This year I timed it just right and beat the squirrels […]
Weird Food
Snail porridge, bacon and egg ice cream are both inventions of Heston Blumenthal, the chef dubbed as a modern day Willy Wonka. While these gastronomic inventions caused a lot of eyebrow-raising a little while ago when they first gained public attention, they just don’t have the same impact these days. Why? Perhaps it’s because there […]
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