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Category Archives: Food Marketeers
Japanese Peaches and Spicy Chocolate
One large bi-annual food show in London and little to show for the visit, all but for a handful of gems and friends. Studiously stalking and then emerging from row upon row of booths displaying authentic this and organic that, plus inevitable copies of … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Cooking, Basil, Beef, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Bread, Chicken, Food Marketeers, Organic Food, Pigeoneau, Poulet Fermier, Speciality Chicken, supermarkets, The Food Business
Tagged Abandoned Peaches from Fukushima, Austrian Food, Baby White Peaches from Japan, Capestone, GM-free French Poultry, Green Saffron, IFE 13, Istanbul Spice Market, Lithuania, Loue, Marks & Spencer, Midleton (Co Cork), Momo Festival, Organic Welsh Chickens, Pigeonneaux, Romania, Schmaltz, Scottish Beef, Waka Momo, Zaabar Chocolate
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Press(e) on to Bresse
Eurostar to Paris, a noisy RER to Gare de Lyon, then a drink for old time’s sake in the crowded salon of Le Train Bleu and lastly, as night had fallen, onto the two tier TGV to Dijon – that’s how my trip … Continue reading
Posted in AOC, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Burgundy, Capon, Caponisation, Chicken, Foie Gras, Food Influencers, Food Marketeers, French Markets, French Regional Foods, French supermarkets, Great Chefs, New Chefs, No Compromise Shopping, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet de Gournay, Poulet Fermier, Terroir
Tagged AOC, AOP, Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourgogne Tourisme, Caponisation, Chapons, CIVB, Gastronomy, Henri IV, La Gauloise de Bresse Blanche, Le Poule au Pot, Les Glorieuses de Bresse, Louhans, Montrevel-en-Bresse, Pont de Vaux, Poulardes, Poulets de Bresse, Volaille de Bresse, White Maize
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Even Good Wine’s all Boxed-In Nowadays
I never thought I’d write this headline or piece, but these last few months I have bought and enjoyed wine in boxes. Never say never, as the expression goes. I have been happily buying and enjoying table wine out of boxes that were previously used … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Blue Collar Gastronomy, IGP, Laguiole Tire Bouchon, Puglia, Pugliese, Tire Bouchon, Wine Boxes, Wine Making and Viticulture, Wine Marketeers
Tagged 'Cardbordeaux', Blue Collar Gastronomy, calle Vallaresso, Carbon Footprint, Doy Packs, Fiona Beckett, Harry's Bar Venice, IGP Wine in Boxes, Keith Reeves, Leclerc, Loire Valley, Pays de Loire, Sud-Ouest, Venice, Whisky Cubes, Wine Boxes
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First in Britain – ‘Le Grand Maitre’ at Our Table
A text message pings in from Arnaud, a guy I’ve never met – “meet me on Smithfield Market in the morning at 06h00″ he wrote. Arnaud visits London once a month to look after the affairs of Loué, my favourite poultry … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Alliums, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Brassserie Lipp, Capon, Caponisation, Cazuela, Chicken, Fonds and Jus, Food Influencers, Food Marketeers, food politics, French Markets, French Regional Foods, French supermarkets, Guinea Fowl, IGP, Label Rouge, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, Risotto, Salad, Simple Food, Stocks and Stock Making, supermarkets, Terroir
Tagged Bastille Day, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Genetically Modified Foods, Henri IV, Hybrid Chickens, Jasnieres, July 14, LDC, Le Gout, Le Mans, Loue, Maine et Loire, Monsanto, Pays de Loire, Poule au Pot, Poulet Roti, Quatorze Juillet, Sans OGM, Sarthe, Savennieres, Smithfield Market
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Chicken News. ‘Eggs on Legs’ and More
‘Could try harder’ was a repeating phrase in my school reports. It applies to the +£1 billion pa British chicken business too. Where some are trying specially hard, others patently are lagging behind. At risk of appearing to over-simplify, let me explain … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Food Marketeers, food politics, Food Scams, French Regional Foods, Great Chefs, Guinea Fowl, Hen's and Bantam's Eggs, Ingredients, Label Rouge, Perfect Eggs, Poulet, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, supermarkets, The Food Business
Tagged AOC Bresse Chicken, Campylobacter, Eggs on Legs, Food Standards Agency, Genuine3 Free Range, GMO Free Diet for Chicken, Label Rouge, Listeria, Loue, Normandy Chickens, Poulet de Bresse, Poulet en-roule, Poulet Fermier, Pure Breed Chicken, Red Tractor, Salmonella, Which? Magazine
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Condiment or Fish? You Decide
A deep love of food culture and ingredients has my mind flicking backwards and forwards as I go about my day. If my day has me in a space as splendid as Genoa, then you must expect some fire crackers. … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology and Food, Best Pasta, Black Peppercorns, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Brassserie Lipp, Caesar Salad, Cauliflowers, Fish, Food Marketeers, Food of the Ancients, Food travel, Foraging, French supermarkets, Ligurian, Nonna's Cooking, Origins of our food, Real Italy, Salad, Salad and Digestion, Simple Food, Wild Food
Tagged Acciughe, Anchovies, Ancient Rome, Brasserie Lipp, Bucatini, Chancerelle Family, Chicory, Connétable, Garum, Genoa, Liquamun, Mercado Orientale, Monaco, Monagasque, Puntarelle di Roma, Radicchio, Salsa di Acciughe, Sardines, Via Sotorippa
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Better No Egg than a Poor Egg
Headlines and news reporters blast out about the price hike for fresh shell eggs. Food manufacturers claim they are ‘worried’ about the rising price of liquid egg. Hype and more hype – and nowhere close to what they’re doing with petrol … Continue reading