Tag Archives: cooking

What’s cooking in Malaysia Kitchen?

Guest blogger Stanley Harper went along to a recent showcase of Malaysian food in Manchester and found that simplicity is the key to the cuisine. Here’s his report…… It took a lot of persuading to get out of the house … Continue reading

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Vermillion bosses launch charity seafood cookbook

The Seamark business is well known in Manchester for both its headquarters in the east of the city as well as for being responsible for probably its most expensively built and designed restaurant – Vermillion. Now the global business is … Continue reading

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World Curry Festival, cooking apps and cupcakes – food news to start the week

  – Bradford’s been playing host to the World Curry Festival over weekend. It’s a massive three day event across multiple venues in the city which the organisers said has been running for the past three years: “The World Curry … Continue reading

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Northern men taking cooking lessons? Here’s proof

While looking around for examples of interesting cookery courses going on in the north, I came across this snippet from my Northerner colleague Martin Wainwright who claims to have unearthed something of a gender shift in the culinary arts. He … Continue reading

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The woman who is baking her way around the world

Today is, as I’m sure you’ll all know, world baking day when a global bakeathon will be taking place to share the joy of cakes. So what better day could there be to introduce you to the intrepid Lauren Prince … Continue reading

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Three free food apps

If you want to take your food planning mobile, you could pay for celebrity tips or give some of the free iPhone and iPad apps a whirl. Taking a look at The Sunday Times top apps today it seems that … Continue reading

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Cookbooks explored by Bakelady

If you’re still looking for some inspiration on which cook books to buy in the sales, a visit to the Bakelady’s blog today could cut down on the research. In her post, Some of my favourite cookbooks she takes a … Continue reading

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Please Jamie, can we have some more (time)?

Seems Jamie Oliver is causing a bit of a stir with Christmas cookbook readers accusing him of poor timekeeping. His bestselling 30-Minute Meals might have been top of the stocking list, but should more properly have been named One Hour … Continue reading

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The best gravy – who’d have thought

This story seems to be getting plenty mileage on UK newspaper websites today – How to make the best gravy……according to scientists. I’ll save you the click; The Royal Society of Chemistry found the ideal mix was juice from a … Continue reading

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Do we need quite so many TV dinners?

Just browsing the choices for an evening of viewing tonight – a choice of four foodie programmes to choose from. Four on one night – has the country really become obsessed with cooking? In many ways that would be no … Continue reading

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