Summertime - and the Turkey is tender...
Delicious summer recipes from Phil Vickery
Summer eating is all about fresh flavours, easy cooking and healthy choices – and British turkey ticks all the right boxes.
As well as being extremely healthy, turkey is low in fat and high in vitamins and minerals as well as representing excellent value this cash-strapped summer. So whether you are packing a picnic or dusting down the barbecue why not give it a try?
For a selection of turkey recipes for al fresco eating, from TV Chef, Phil Vickery, click here...
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Cafédirect
Spotlight on the UK's biggest supplier of Fairtrade Coffee
The collapse of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 sent market prices plunging, putting the lives of millions of smallholder farmers around the world in jeopardy.
In response, three coffee growing communities - in Peru, Costa Rica and Mexico - each shipped a single container of coffee, loaned on trust, to the UK. The beans were roasted and sold through church halls, charity shops and at local events.
Cafédirect was born.
Click here... to find out more about how much help this organisation is giving to third world farmers.
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Celia Brook Brown’s
Borough Market Gastrotour
Our resident foodie, Peter Morrell takes a Gastrotour of one of London’s culinary hotspots
Conveniently situated next to London Bridge tube station, Borough Market, known as ‘London’s Larder,’ has been turned into a Foodie Heaven. Peter Morrell joins a four hour plus Gastrotour, designed by food writer and enthusiast, Celia Brooks Brown to discover what this gourmet’s paradise can offer. Click here… for more details.
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Broad Stripe Butchers
Give yourself a treat Top Restaurant Quality Meat Delivered To Your Door
When you eat out, do you wonder why restaurants always seem to serve the best cuts of meat, and of a quality you can’t usually buy on the high street? Well now you can buy this top quality produce and have it delivered straight to your door.
A new online delivery service is now available from Broad Stripe Butchers. They are one of the major meat suppliers to top chefs at restaurants and hotels so you are guaranteed restaurant quality meat, but at home cooking prices.
To find out more click here...
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Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery Imparts Some Pudding Wisdom
Everybody loves a good pud! From homemade apple pie to granny’s spotted dick or mum’s treacle tart, everyone’s a winner. But how often do you make home-made puds and do you really know where to start?
Well don’t panic! Celebrity chef Phil Vickery is here to save the day. To begin the new year with a bang, Phil presents a three-pudding special, a Choc Cherry Layer, Caramel Fondue and a Quick Mango Fool, each made within five minutes! Click here... to watch the video
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The Sweet Life
Antony Worrall Thompson
101 Indulgent Dessert Recipes
Celebrity Chef, Antony Worrall Thompson’s latest book means you really can have your cake and eat it with a little less guilt. The ‘Sweet Life’ features 101 indulgent dessert recipes using SPLENDA sweetener rather than sugar, so you can satisfy those sweet cravings even when you are trying to reduce your sugar intake.
Peter Morrell, AMG Food and Drink Editor reports on the launch of ‘The Sweet Life’ click here... to read
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 My Secret Kitchen
New Range
My Secret Kitchen send the UK's taste buds to the Far East and beyond with their new range
My Secret Kitchen has launched three fresh new products that capture the flavour of spring and summer and take taste buds to some exciting new places. Click here... for more details.
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Easy Gravy
Thanks to Antony Worrall Thompson
Trying to make perfect gravy while you pull your family roast together can be extremely stressful. Usually making smooth, home cooked gravy demands time and concentration. However, you can afford to be very laid back about it if you take a short-cut and use Antony Worrall Thompson’s gravy paste that promises authentic gravy - with no lumps and powdery clumps - in less than two minutes. Click here... to read more.
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At Last! A cheese that will actually lower your cholesterol
For people who cannot eat cheese because of high cholesterol or for other health reason here is the perfect solution. miniCol is a cheese that has the look, taste and texture of cheddar but will actually lower your cholesterol. To find out more click here...
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Seafood Pasta with Roasted Garlic Butter
Use frozen scallops and prawns to make this quick and easy dish that’s ideal for a midweek supper. Click here... for another tasty Waitrose recipe. |
 Lesley Waters
An exclusive interview and some great Wall’s Soft Scoop recipes
Lesley Waters, TV chef and star of Ready Steady Cook and This Morning has created a series of fun, seasonal Wall's Soft Scoop recipes. The recipes are a series of four seasonally themed dishes for any occasion. The whole family can be involved in creating an extravagant Easter pudding or a fruit filled summer dish. Kids will love making the spooky Halloween take on the classic banana split and the delicious Christmas croissant dessert.
AMG caught up with Lesley during her busy schedule to talk about how to get kids and grand kids cooking, credit crunch tips and recipe inspiration.
Click here... to see the recipes and to read the interview
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All you need to know about Foraging
The natural world is full of delicious things to eat - for free
Yun Hider is your guide in this fascinating video that was taken at the DO Lectures - The DO Lectures, launched in Wales last September and featured 21 speakers. The idea is That people who Do things, can inspire the rest of us to go and Do things too.
“Through foraging I feel I’ve discovered a surprisingly simple and accessible way to connect with the environment. Essential knowledge that we all used to depend on once rekindled, can help connect us to our precious and fragile world” says Yun.
Click here... to watch the video
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Fruisana Recipe for May
Rainbow Cupcakes
You must have noticed the great revival in cupcakes. Every baker’s shop and even the supermarkets are selling a plethora of different variations. They are very easy to make and this recipe from Fruisana Fruit Sugar, which has an unusual marble effect in the middle of each cake, allows you to ring the changes. Because you are dividing the cake mix into three before adding colours and flavourings you can, if you wish, vary the recipe each time you bake a batch. Change the colours, add a different flavouring – perhaps coffee essence, a spice, or orange –experiment until you find the mix which you and your family like best. You can also ice the cupcakes, and by putting a smaller cake stand onto a larger one you can make a stunning centrepiece for a special occasion. It is entirely up to you, and how ambitious you feel!
Click here... for the recipe.
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The New Ice Age
How a Freeze can help beat the Squeeze
Many of us will remember buying our first freezer back in the seventies. Storing frozen food at home was a real innovation and the Baby Boomer generation embraced this new concept with great enthusiasm. Although, over the years, our passion for blanching vegetables has waned, now is a very good time to revisit those thrifty ways and take a fresh look at the benefits of frozen food.
A new website, The New Ice Age, will help lift some of the economic doom and gloom by offering advice on how to save money by using frozen food and is also showing that it can be a very healthy, convenient and quality option.
Click here... for more
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Grana Padano
A 1000 year old Italian Secret
When you think of a hard Italian cheese to use for cooking and sprinkling over your favourite pasta dish, the word Parmesan springs to mind. But, in fact, the best selling cheese in Italy for cooking and garnishing is Grana Padano. It is the World’s number one selling P.D.O. (Protected Designation of Origin) cheese.
Although little known in the UK, Grana Padano has a 1000 year history. It's a healthy cheese and its subtle flavour can be used to enhance a whole range of Italian dishes.
Top chef Theo Randall is a great promoter of Grana Padano. Click here... to read about a recent event where Theo demonstrated how to use the incredible versatility of this cheese in Starters, Mains and Puds.
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How to cook without recipes by Glynn Christian
Peter Morrell, AMG Food and Drink Editor reviews this amazing insight into cooking
As a keen cook for over thirty years I was always puzzled about why, when I added certain extra ingredients to recipes, it made them taste so much better. Or how seemingly odd combinations are a taste sensation. For example, one of my most enduring food memories was arriving home from school and making a cheddar cheese and strawberry jam sandwich. Why?
Well after decades of wondering, all these questions have been answered by Glynn Christian’s latest book ‘How to cook without recipes’. I just wish it had been published twenty years ago. Read the review by clicking here...
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Rhodes across China on UKTV Food
Gary Rhodes goes on his biggest challenge yet
Earlier this year Gary Rhodes, the Michelin starred chef took on his biggest challenge yet. A quest to unearth the secrets of Chinese cooking in his new show Rhodes Across China, now being broadcast weeknights at 9:00pm on UKTV Food.
Gary went on a culinary journey across China to find the best of regional Chinese food. The mission? To learn to cook the best of regional recipes before returning to Britain to show you how to re-create these dishes in your own kitchen. Click here... for more information and to watch a recipe video.
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 Destination Cooking
a tasty new holiday trend
Renowned French chef Christian Lohez offers up a taste of France you'll never forget
Have you planned a self-catering holiday in France this year? Do you want to broaden your culinary horizons and understand more about French regional cuisine? If so, you'll love Destination Cooking.
Christian Lohez, has created a number of delicious recipes to encourage you to embrace and cook local ingredients while holidaying in regional France.
To view video clips of Destination Cooking click here...
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Bramley Apples in Red Wine
This healthy, tasty, easy to cook pudding comes courtesy of Fruisana. By baking the apples in red wine, and adding the dried apricots, cranberries, cinnamon and Fruisana Fruit Sugar to 'lift' the flavours you will enjoy a whole new dimension to this time honoured British dessert. Click here... for the recipe.
 Your ultimate guide to the Mediterranean lifestyle with Aldo Zilli and Gino D’Acampo.
Ahh Italy, they really do have the best of everything. Fabulous fashion, top designers, fast cars, beautiful weather and of course delicious cuisine. If you've always envied the Italian lifestyle (and who wouldn't?) why not tune in to the webchat where celebrity chefs Aldo Zilli and Gino D'Acampo will be offering up the ultimate guide to living the Mediterranean lifestyle. Click here... to watch the webchat.
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'On Tapas'
Unique Spanish Catering
Spice up your events and celebrations
'On Tapas' is a great catering company that offers the best Spanish food in the North of England.
It runs fun Tapas events and Paella parties for home, office and local pub or club. New for 2008 it now also offers Moroccan (Fusion) catering as well. And if you think Tapas is all meat, think again, 'On Tapas' makes sure that vegetarians are especially well looked after. To find out more click here...
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