Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tips! How to style a cheeseboard !

All you need is a variety selection of cheese, fruits, nuts and some guide from the experts to create magic! Learn how!



Tesco Real Food show you how to prepare the perfect festive cheeseboard

A tasty cheeseboard is a must-have to finish off a wonderful Christmas meal. And there is a real art to making sure all the scrumptious cheese on display looks as good as possible. At Tesco Real Food we’re committed to making Christmas as easy as possible, so we’ve put together a simple ‘how-to’ film that gives you some handy tips to create a stunning cheeseboard

At Tesco Real Food you'll also find over 100 tried and tested Christmas recipes. There are turkey tips, all the trimmings, sauces and accompaniments, plus lots of delicious desserts and party food. You can even find a meal planner to help you plan the perfect festive menu.

The site is also packed with thousands of inspiring, delicious recipes to suit any occasion. Whether customers are looking for a quick midweek meal for the family or something for a special event, users are sure to find exactly what they're looking for. In addition, a range of step-by-step cooking tips and videos to help improve kitchen skills can be found, as well as healthy eating and cooking with kids sections. To make shopping even easier, every recipe has a ready-made shopping list that can be used to add all the ingredients to the shopping basket in just a few clicks.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

"Coffee, chocolate, women… some things are just better rich...."


NESCAFÉ® DOLCE GUSTO® coffee machines may be small, but they stand head and shoulders above the competition. Delivering professional 15-bar pressure, our little wizards make delicious coffee shop quality drinks in a matter of seconds. And with a wide variety of roast & ground coffees and delicious hot chocolate drinks you'll wonder how you ever coped without it.

Check out this new video from Nescafe's Dolce Gusto - introducing and exciting ways to enjoy deliciously stylish coffee.



To find out more, check out http://www.dolce-gusto.co.uk/

PS: the NESCAFÉ® DOLCE GUSTO® coffee machines also come with a one year warranty from KRUPS®.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Assam Fish



Ingredients- To make chili paste
*Onions
*Dried Chilis
*Lemongrass (serai)
*Garlic



Blend ingredients till fine to make chili paste.

Other Ingredients:
1 pomfret (1/2 pound to 1 pound)
10 small okras
1 tomato (cut into wedges)
1 teaspoon of fish curry powder
5 tablespoons of cooking oil
1 tablespoon of palm sugar/sugar
Salt to taste

Tamarind Juice:
1 1/4 cup of water
Tamarind pulp (size of a small ping pong ball)






Method

1. Add oil and fry chili paste till cook. This may take a while. The chili paste must be really cooked to make it yummy :-)

2.Add the tamarind juice, tumeric powder and bring to boil.

3.Add the tomato wedges and okras and bring to boil.

4. Add fish , salt and sugar to taste.


ENJOY!!!

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Fentimans Ginger Beer demonstration



Fentimans Ginger Beer demonstration


Fentimans demonstrate the effects of drinking their botanically brewed ginger beer, versus a normal, thin and weedy ginger beer.

Job Vacancy!! Green & Black's Taste Assistant

Oh my gosh............ chocolates!!! *saliva drooooling* "Its a tough job, and somebody got to do it?" What is he on about? Its the best job in the world! Not really good for the waistline though! I would work for free!



 
Green & Black's Taste Assistant


Green & Blacks are offering you the chance to start a new career tasting chocolate, developing new products and helping to approve everything they make.

The successful candidate will have exceptional taste, a knowledge of the food industry and, of course, a passion for chocolate.

Applications will close on the 14th December 2010. After this, Micah and the team will shortlist the individuals they believe to be the best candidates from the applications received to come to Berkeley Square, London for an interview. The individuals that make it through this interview stage will then be given a cookery- based challenge and a final chance to impress the Green & Black's team in January 2011.

Apply now at www.pieceofgreenandblacks.co.uk