Tuesday June 22nd
Nearly all caterers will over estimate the amount of food needed at a wedding (after all having too little would be a nightmare, especially after all those glasses of wine!) But the idea of good food going into the bin and then land fill sends a shiver down my spine! So what can you do […]
Tuesday November 11th
Here are a few questions you might want to ask your venue - Does it serve fair-trade tea or coffee? Does it use local suppliers? Is the food organic, especially the meat? Can they supply organic wines? Do they recycle? Do they have an environmental policy? Remember if you ask and the next couple asks […]
Thursday June 19th
I love Elderflowers and my grandad used to make the most amazing Elderflower wine. Like most traditional English Fruit Wines it was quite sweet and you drank it in sherry-type glasses rather than wine glasses. I think this was mainly to do with the strength of the stuff! He made all types of fruit wines, […]
Wednesday June 4th
The average Sunday Dinner has travelled 25,000 miles to get to your plate and used 52 megajoules of energy (the equivalent of boiling a kettle for 700 cups of tea!) Buying seasonal produce from a farmers market clocks up only 376 miles and the eqvialent of 1 megajoule (13 cups of tea) So find your […]
Wednesday May 28th
Did you know that the carbon footprint of your potatoes relies mainly on whether you cook them with the lid on or off? Cooking potatoes with the lid on takes less energy and time. I’m sure this doesn’t just relate to potatoes so I’ll be looking tonight to see if I have any lids in […]
Friday May 2nd
For the last few weeks I seem to have been inundated with information promoting Fairtrade Fortnight. (February 25th - March the 9th). Running a restaurant which uses mainly organic products I am fairly familiar with the fair trade logo but It has been interesting to think about what fair trade actually means and how […]
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