Foodie Places and Interests

Real Food Festival Tickets Winner Announcement

Thanks for your entries into the competition. It was a tough one to call but with the help of Twitter I can announce that the winner is Helen, for this fantastic poem… Read more

Win Tickets to The Real Food Festival

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If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, why not pop along to The Real Food Festival at Earl’s Court (running from Friday 7th May – Monday 10th May)? Real food producers from all over the UK will be gathered under one roof, to tempt and tantalise those taste buds.

The Real Food Festival offers gourmets a serious treat of delicious, organic, fresh and unusual food and wine products from all over the world. With over 400 producers there’s so much to see and do and best of all you can leave with your bags bursting with real food to enjoy at home. Read more

Discover the Origin and Win a Hamper

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‘Discover the Origin’ is a new three year campaign, led by the European Union, Italy, France and Portugal, designed to raise awareness around five key European products: · Parma Ham · Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese · Burgundy · Port · Douro Valley wines These products all carry a guarantee of their provenance and quality: the Protected Designation [...]

Does your Cooking Deserve an AA Rosette?

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I’m very pleased to be able to tell you that ‘A Slice of Cherry Pie’ and the ‘UK Food Bloggers Association’ are sponsoring an exciting cooking competition from the AA in association with Galvin at Windows. The competition, aimed at talented amateur cooks, is in two stages: first, participants create a recipe from a list [...]

Ship Ahoy!

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When I was invited to the inaugural celebrations on board a new cruise ship I was somewhat hesitant. Cruises have never appealed to me; the thought of being ‘stuck on a boat’ for weeks has never been my idea of a good time, particularly as I can barely swim (and even then only in shallow [...]

Bringing the Virtual World to the Real World

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The UKFBA stall is going fantastically well, with everyone joining in and bloggers teaming up to share the stall. We’ve got different bloggers throughout the summer selling good made by their own fair hands at the Covent Garden Real Food Market. I caught up with Rebecca of ‘From a North London Kitchen’ down there the [...]