Food and Drink
I S-PIE – Britain’s spy headquarters GCHQ is getting its own branch – of GREGGS
The surveillance capital of the UK will have one of the pie shops for staff.
Review: Sunday Roast at Beef & Brew, Haggerston
According to recent YouGov Omnibus research, beef is generally regarded as Britain’s favourite centrepiece meat for roast dinners. (33 per-cent of participants favoured roast beef, followed by roast chicken at 27 per cent). It’s thus unsurprising that the Sunday roast at the new Beef and Brew in Haggerston has quickly garnered much attention. Following the launch of a cosy Kentish Town restaurant in 2015, the team behind Beef & Brew opened their second site during the summer, taking over the...
Vegan stuck with ‘crisps and nuts’ on 7h flight after vegan meal fail
An irritated passenger is urging airlines to provide better food for vegans after she was stuck on-board with just “crisps and nuts” on a seven-hour transatlantic flight. Trilby Harrison had received a confirmation email from tour operator Gotogate assuring her that vegan meals would be provided on her Thomas Cook flight from Manchester to New York last week. But when all the passengers were served their meals, flight attendants told her that her vegan meal didn’t make it on-board. To make matters worse, Thomas Cook repeated...
Beer of the Week: Fourpure Brewing Co. Session IPA
With a name inspired by the four core ingredients used to produce beer (grain, yeast, hops and water), Fourpure Brewing Co. recently celebrated their fifth birthday, having launched as a family-run brewery in October 2013. Since then, the brewery has gone from strength to strength, now regarded as one of London’s most exciting craft beer producers, recently bought out by Australian-headquartered Lion (joining a portfolio which includes Australian craft breweries Little Creatures and Malt Shovel Brewery, amongst others). Operating from...
BOWEL CANCER CRISIS – Cases ‘soaring in younger people because of poor diets and lack of exercise’
A study across Europe found bowel cancer rates increased by six per cent every year between 2008 and 2016 among 20 to 39-year-olds
Organic diet can cut your cancer risk by up to 86 per cent, here’s why
The health benefit was far greater for obese people however the diet had no significant effect on bowel or prostate cancers.
Why Alex Haun is a star chef in the making
Home to a natural bounty of ingredients it should come as no surprise that Canada’s Atlantic province of New Brunswick is becoming one of the most celebrated foodie haunts of North America. From Beausoleils oysters farmed in floating trays off Miramichi Bay to oversized scallops and clams picked from the Bay of Fundy the region is flooded with delicious seafood that when paired with other local delicacies such as fiddlehead ferns and even tasty seaweed captures everything from the ridiculous...
Why Rossmount Inn should be at the top of your food bucket list
“Someone once asked me what my favourite food was”, Chef Chris Aerni said as he tucked into ice cold slices of watermelon hand-picked from the gardens of the renowned Rossmount Inn in New Brunswick. “I say if you ask me now after a morning stroll in the sun then it is cold slices of watermelon, ask me later on it will be something different”. A simple philosophy it may be, but cooking what is good at the right time in...
The average full English has travelled almost 20,000 miles to reach our plates
Britain’s reliance on imported food was laid bare today after a new study revealed our nation's breakfast travels almost 20,000 miles to reach our plates. Using a popular supermarket as a barometer Gousto researchers were able to track how far a full English breakfast travels before it reaches the dining table, with the majority of ingredients covering several hundred miles. Only the bread, sausages, eggs and beans are produced locally and require just road haulage to get to the shops....