Festivals, shows and other events.
It’s not just visitors who look forward to Abergavenny Food Festival, the many professionals taking part do too. Kavey Eats catches up with some of the Speakers for 2019’s festival to ask about their go-to dish when cooking a simple meal at home, and what are they most looking forward to about this year’s festival. ... Read more »
Since its inception in 1999, the Abergavenny Food Festival has become a wonderful celebration of all things food, bringing together chefs, farmers, food producers, food and drink book authors and journalists, restaurateurs, and many more with a foot in the food industry. Find out what makes it one of the best food festivals in the country, and enter our giveaway for tickets to this year’s festival. ... Read more »
A new addition to this year’s Hyper Japan Event was the Harro Foods Japan Food Show, which showcased new and existing product lines from a range of producers and brands. Harro Foods is a Japanese food importer, wholesaler and distributor, and their exhibition at Hyper Japan allowed them to present some great food and drink items ... Read more »
Just as well I don’t have any hangups about admitting my age – 46, as it happens – since today’s post makes it pretty easy to work out! Back in the late 1980s, after finishing my ‘A’ Levels and before going to university, I went off to France to work as a ‘jeune fille au pair‘. ... Read more »
One of the constants during our recent three week trip to Thailand was absolutely fantastic street food enjoyed at the many night markets we visited, paired with bottles of cold Chang Beer. Whether we were eating a huge bowl of noodle soup, a fragrant curry with rice, a pile of battered and deep fried seafood, ... Read more »
Italy has more products of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) than any other country, well over two hundred in fact. Grana Padano cheese and Prosciutto di San Daniele (ham) are two such products, both made in the north of Italy. These products have been made in virtually the same way for many hundreds of years, ... Read more »
Back in 2011 I had the wonderful good fortune to be invited on a press trip to Parma to Discover the Origin of Parmigiano-Reggiano (better known to many as Parmesan cheese) and Prosciutto de Parma (Parma ham). Read my posts from that trip to learn all about these two products including exactly how they are ... Read more »
HyperJapan is a hotly anticipated diary event for lovers of Japanese pop culture across the UK. The show features the latest in gaming and anime (including some of the latest technology such as VR and handroid) and in cosplay and fashion (including kawaii, character clothing and all manner of clothing and accessories). Additional stalls ... Read more »
I know many foodies pride themselves on cooking all of their meals from scratch and don’t make use of ready meals at all but that’s not how it is in our house. Of course, we do cook from scratch much of the time, but we also make use of ready meals and the occasional takeaway ... Read more »
Today’s post is a rare foray into blogging about blogging ; specifically, one of the more useful skills for a food blogger today – Food Styling. I recently attended a session in which professional food photographer and stylist Carole Poirot shared her tips with a group of bloggers. First, an Atelier des Chef class instructor ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]