British cookery has been extremely spice-conscious for some two thousand years! For two centuries, London was the greatest spice market of the world and we have been using spices, herbs and aromatics for their medicinal benefits for hundreds of years.

Britain’s first Tommelier cooks up a tribute to the cornerstone of Italian cooking

I love Jamie Oliver!!! It’s true I do and I’m very sorry to all the Jamie-haters out there but his latest book Jamie at home is awesome! My copy is part of my Real Food Festival booty! There’s so many good things to say that I hardly know where to begin!

It has been a fabulous day, down here on the Sussex coast, The sun has been shining and we’ve had our first barbeque of the year. It was very much a last minute affair, so home-made burgers and salad it was, but so delicious!

Ooh what fun I had! I arrived back home, tired from being on my feet all day, laden with lots of goodies, and feeling completely inspired! What a great festival, I can hardly wait for the next one!

We’re just over two weeks away from Coeliac Awareness Week between 12th – 18th May 2008. As part of its awareness campaign, ‘Food Without Fear’, Coeliac UK, the national Charity for people with coeliac disease, launched a competition on Wednesday 13th February 2008 for chefs throughout the UK to design a unique and innovative gluten-free recipe, which will be judged by award-winning chef, Giorgio Locatelli.

I am completely addicted to oatcakes at the moment, there are so many different flavours now and they’re perfect as a snack! I got home really late tonight and arrived starving! I looked at the fridge contents and mentally totted together potential ingredients for a late night snack and then I remembered a dish idea from the Nairn’s website.

I was happily catching up on my news and I came across an article in the Guardian which literally made my chin drop! The opening lines of the article: Cloned animals and their offspring have been declared safe to eat; in a matter of months their meat will be on sale in the US.

Julia at  A Slice of Cherry Pie, has posted a list of all the UKFBA members (so far) on the UKFBA site and it is an awesome directory indeed! Not only is …

The Tesco Enjoy the Taste of Scotland…’Get to know your locals’ event is going to be fun-packed for all the family and here’s just some of the exciting events taking place over the weekend.

The venue – George Square in the heart of Glasgow - will be open on the following days and times:

Saturday 26th April 10am – 6pm
Sunday 27th April 10am – 5pm

I have received another inspiring cook book to rave about! Marcus Wareing’s ‘One Perfect Ingredient’ is the latest addition to the Eating Britain Bookshelf.