This week is Farmhouse Breakfast Week, returning for its 13th year between 22nd – 28th January 2012. Farmhouse Breakfast Week is an annual campaign run by HGCA, aims to raise awareness of the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast and demonstrate the variety of breakfast foods available in the UK. The theme for the 2012 [...]
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Hairy Bikers Perfect Pies book out now
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Hairy Bikers know their pies and their most recent publication “Perfect Pies“ is a comprehensive book with notes on ingredients and techniques that are great for beginners. This is the definitive Pie Bible from the Kings of Pie, The Hairy Bikers. In their culinary homecoming, Si and Dave celebrate a dish close to their [...]
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Save money and grow your own
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Spend £200 to save a possible £1,564 on shop prices, just by growing your own crops, according to the latest figures from the National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners. Figures compiled by the NSALG reveal allotment holders could save an annual £1200 off their shopping bills. The news comes just months after consumer watchdog Which? [...]
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West Dean Foraging Course
October 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nik Westacott, West Dean foraging expert will be leading a wild food foray on the West Dean Estate on Thursday 20 October. Foraging, especially for mushrooms, has long been a passion wild food expert and chef Nik Westacott. “A lot of my colleagues wait for foragers to bring wild food finds to them but there [...]
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Hampers make great gifts
October 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Food hampers make thoughtful and useful gifts, offering your friends or family those little luxuries. It is also a great way to send a special gift if you cannot be there in person. Food hampers can range from around £25.00 to over £150, so there is always something for everybody. A simple thank you bottle [...]
