Food and Drink

The Kingstonian Ice Cream parlour has been around for 100 years and its chocolate flavour has been voted the best in the UK for a landmark three out of the past four years.

A vegan pie has been crowned Supreme Champion at the first time of asking at the hotly contested British Pie Awards. The world-renowned Awards, which take place in the Rural Capital of Food, Melton Mowbray, saw close to 900 pies entered from a staggering 176 producers in a battle to be named “Pie of Pies”. The Awards mark the grand crescendo of British Pie Week (4th – 8th March 2019) each year. The Curried Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Vegan...

The prolific crook has a string of more than 40 previous convictions

It seems, in the world of today, that every restaurant must have a concept. It can’t just be good food, either. It must be something more. I won’t be the first to tell you I’d be happier if all restaurants had at least that: good food. Leave your avocado at home, my friends, just focus on the quality of what you’re presenting your guests with. That said, I’m not quite as old timey as I sound. I do like a...

An imaginative garden centre has released a Grow Your Own Brexit Survival Kit - to combat food shortages in the event of a no deal Brexit. Bosses at the centre have created a pack of 12 different vegetable seeds to plant, which can provide a year-round supply of nutritious food. The full kit is £34 and provides 12 packs of easy-to-grow seeds, including carrots, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, broad beans, spinach, kale and pumpkin. Credit;swns Paul Carmichael, the retail general...

Salcombe Distilling Co. has enjoyed tremendous growth since launching in 2016, born from a love of gin and a dream “to produce the finest white spirit in the world, within one of the most stunning coastal towns”. Set up by co-founders Angus Lugsdin and Howard Davies, who met over 20 years ago while working as sailing instructors at the Island Cruising Club in Salcombe, Devon, the distillery occupies the club’s former site and is thus one of the world’s only distilleries...

Sustainability is undoubtedly the buzz-word of the moment, it seems bars and restaurants are like crafty robbers working through the night, throwing away all the plastic and introducing vegan menus “showcasing” ingredients such as carrot sticks and broccoli rice. It would seem it is no longer sexy to destroy our planet, and as with anything that becomes trendy in a city like ours, we are left sifting through the shit to find the real deal. CUB is a collaborative project...

Australian by name but deceptively Austrian in nature, this week's wine pick hails from the sunny state of Victoria in the south of the country. Combining the aromatic Gewürztraminer with the flowery, perfumed Riesling this is a perfect way to kick-start spring. Heavy perfumed aromatics of musk and rosewater complement fresh spice and lime. A gorgeous and balanced palate of freshly dusted Turkish delight and lychee freshened by a fresh and zesty finish. Will pair perfectly with Thai food. Buy...

As we begin the first day of Lent, 12-year-old climate change campaigner, Genesis Butler, has received a response from Pope Francis regarding her plea for him to try vegan for Lent as part of the Million Dollar Vegan campaign. However, Pope Francis has not yet confirmed whether he will do so, and therefore the campaign is asking whether His Holiness can meet with Butler over a vegan meal at the Vatican, during the Lenten period, to discuss her concerns. Should Pope Francis...