Top 10 reasons you NEED a Soup Maker in your life! I have to admit, that when I was asked to try out the new Morphy Richards Soup Maker, I was a little sceptical at the point. Soup is so incredibly easy to make anyway, why would you need a…
Top Soup-Maker Tips: Try to prepare your ingredients in advance as much as possible. Most recipes are simply ‘chop & plop’ so it’s pretty straightforward. If you’re in a real rush you could always pick up pre-chopped vegetables from your supermarket. It’s always best, and most efficient, to boil the…
Gamekeeper’s Pie Recipe – Celebrate Great British Game Week with this gamey take on the good old heart-warming Shepherd’s Pie Ingredients 800g of game meat – whatever is in season (you could even mix it) 1 white, 1 red onion, chopped 115g of carrots (chopped how you like them) 2 garlic…
Great British Game Week – 24-30 November 2014 In the bid to get Britain eating more game, Country Side Alliance’s Game to Eat have teamed up with BASC’s Taste of Game to campaign for the use of more Game meat in restaurants and when cooking at home. As huge fans of…
When you think of Aga, what’s the first thing that springs to mind? Is it a dog drying off in front of a warming cooker after a drizzly autumnal walk? An enticing slow cooked stew, tempting all who enter the kitchen? Top quality pans, casseroles and dishes in a variety…
June is one of my favourite months of the year. There’s (hopefully!) endless summer days perfect for lots of al fresco dining, the quintessentially British tennis competition Wimbledon (come on Murray!) and last but not least the beginning of the UK strawberry season. Although they can be bought all year…
I have to admit, as far as Mondays go, my 24th of March was pretty fantastic! I had been lucky enough to attend the 2014 CHA Independents Day. Every year, the Cookshop & Housewares Association organise a day for independent retailers to come together and get first-hand experience of new and…
Cooking With Le Creuset – What makes it special? First off, Le Creuset have been making first class cookware for almost 100 years, and while they have expanded exponentially and taken advantage of technological advances, their method for manufacturing cast iron cookware remains the same as it was in 1925; it…
We all know that someone who thinks they’re the next Mary Berry. My cousin is convinced she’s the next winner of the Great British Bake Off, and good for her! For a few years it looked like home cooking and baking was obsolete, especially baking, but it has come back…
The hugely popular, and long anticipated Great British Bake Off is now back on BBC2. For the next 9 weeks 8pm on Tuesday evenings will become sacred for many. We don’t just love the show, we also love seeing the products they use – many of which we stock. Here…
