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Win Grillstock Cookbook, Sauces & Festival Tickets

Want in on some fun with a chance to win a stacked high and smokin’ hot Grillstock prize including sauces, cookbook, and even a pair of free tickets to this summer’s Grillstock Festival in Bristol? Keep reading. Continue reading

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Good Stuff #51

Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down on some fine things to see, sip or savour – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Continue reading

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Choccywoccydoodah: Enter a Chocolate Wonderland with their New Book

Maddie Salters pays a visit to ChoccyWoccydoodah, Carnaby Street’s infamous chocolatier, for a look at its long-awaited cookery book, Chocolate, Cake and Curses. Continue reading

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My Simple Italian by Theo Randall – Book Review (Great British Chefs)

Fellow alum of the kitchens at Hammersmith’s fabled River Café, Jamie Oliver likes the book and reckons it’s the “most deliciously gorgeous Italian cookbook I’ve seen in a long, long time.” Enough said? Maybe. But please indulge me in my own humble rave about this book featuring “100 inspired recipes from one of Britain’s best Italian chefs.” Continue reading

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Win a Yeni Raki Drinking Kit and Cookbook #UnrushYourWorld

More than simply a bottle of premium drink, a couple of glasses to pour it in and a cookbook, my latest competition offers one lucky reader the chance to “unrush your world” with Yeni Raki, whose distillers believe “slow is a luxury” and the “art of extending memorable moments” is a noble endeavour. Hear! Hear! I’ll drink to that! Continue reading

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Norwegian Salmon + a Scandilicious Freebie

This July and August when you purchase four promotional stickered packs of Morrisons “M” Norwegian salmon at Morrisons supermarkets, you’ll get a free copy of Signe Johansen’s cookbook, Scandilicious, Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking. Just look for the NORGE logo on pre-packed Norwegian salmon when shopping and choose between 440g salmon fillets, 240g salmon fillets and 240g lightly smoked salmon fillets. Continue reading

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Win a Free Signed Copy of Camilla Stephens’ The Higgidy Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Pies and More!

Last week I had a delectable pleasure of getting to meet Camilla Stephens, founder of Higgidy, a “little company of piemakers creating pies, quiches, tarts and slices in the seaside town of Shoreham-by-Sea”. Camilla was in London to meet with a small crew of food writers and get our opinions about a few upcoming pies (I loved her sweet potato offering!) and to give us a sneak peek at her new book. Keep reading for your chance to get hold of a copy of The Higgidy Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Pies and More! Continue reading

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Win a Free Copy of Omar Allibhoy’s New Book: Tapas Revolution

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the launch of Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy’s cookbook, Tapas Revolution. It’s a great read and to be sure I headed home with book in hand. Keep reading to find out how you too can get a free copy of this practical and fun-to-read cookbook. Continue reading

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Good Stuff

Here’s a quick list of good stuff: things I’ve come across lately and really liked but for whatever reason weren’t featured in a dedicated blog post here or on one of my client blogs. New Pies at Vintage Inns: Lunch … Continue reading

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Win a Free Copy of Eric Lanlard’s Tarts & Pies Cookbook

Hiya. I hope you’re having a good weekend and that this sweet and easy little competition puts a smile on your face. Are you a fan of Eric Lanlard and Channel 4’s Baking Mad? Well, here’s a chance to win … Continue reading

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Wrestling with what to cook tonight? (Locally Sourced)

Wrestling with what to cook tonight? Locally Sourced, 10 December 2010 There’s plenty of incentive for folks to donate to the worthy cause of Tammy’s passion for cooking. First off (and undoubtedly of utmost importance), should the book make it to … Continue reading

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René Redzepi – chef at the Best Restaurant in the World (Locally Sourced)

René Redzepi – chef at the Best Restaurant in the World Locally Sourced, 23 November 2010 Much of the success behind this nouveau Nordic restaurant seems to stem from Redzepi’s pared down innovation and keen interest to adhering to what … Continue reading

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Competition Reminder: Leon 2 and the Giant Drawer of Wishes (Londonist)

Competition Reminder: Leon 2 and the Giant Drawer of Wishes Londonist, August 31, 2010 1:42 PM Don’t forget to make a wish in Leon’s Giant Drawer of Wishes competition! You’ve got until Tuesday the 31st of August. To celebrate the … Continue reading

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Londonist Competition: Leon 2 and the Giant Drawer of Wishes (Londonist)

Sponsored Post: Leon 2 and the Giant Drawer of Wishes Londonist, August 21, 2010 12:16 PM To celebrate the launch of its second cookbook, London’s fast but healthy restaurant chain – Leon – has teamed up with Octopus Publishing Group to … Continue reading

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