These Black Pudding Bon Bons are a slight twist on the classic recipe Scallops with pea puree, black pudding, and bacon. Omitting the Scallops is a welcome change for those not partial to seafood – with this recipe, black pudding becomes the star of other shows.This is one of those recipes that sounds a lot fancier than it is. Black pudding bonbons are very simple to make – crispy and delicious...
Blondie brownies: what is their composition?
Blondies have become such a big thing over the last year and the different flavors of blondies are such a long list. These white chocolate brownies are first for me but they are about to become a favorite of mine for sure. I used both Milk and White chocolate Kinder Bueno because I love the white Kinder Bueno so defiantly wanted to add these to the mix. I love the different combinations of...
Unbanked Launches Cryptocurrency Card Program in the UK and Other European Countries
Unbanked card holders can use 15 other cryptocurrencies to keep their user charges, including BTC, ETH, UNI, XLM, and UNBNK. Cryptocurrency fund linked to a crypto-backed card, published by Moorwand, so users can correct cryptocurrency to fiat in real-time at merchants where cards are accepted. The card supplies a special set of economic, income, and crypto services that enhance the accessibility...
Cork on a Fork: Ireland’s second city tucks into a foodie festival
County Cork has always enjoyed a reputation for serving the best food in Ireland. Buoyed by great local producers such as Ballycotton Seafood and the Jameson whiskey distillery, along with the city’s English market, its modern culinary scene started in the 1960s when Myrtle Allen pioneered field-to-fork dining at Ballymaloe House. In the 1970s, Arbutus Lodge in Cork city became the first Michelin...
Five fantastic autumn food weekends in the UK
Dartmouth food festival, 21-23 October Autumn sees a bumper crop of UK food festivals, in Devizes, Abergavenny, Aldeburgh and Melton Mowbray, among others. The Dartmouth Food Festival, which takes place on the waterfront, boasts chefs and speakers including Matt Tebbutt, Prof Tim Spector and … ahem, yours truly. And once you’ve sampled your way around the many stalls, tasting events and...
Aperol vs Aldi vs M&S: which makes the best spritz?
In this case, we found you’re better off buying branded. Aperol came out on top when rated against M&S’s Aperitivo and Aldi’s cheaper Aperini. All the citrus aperitifs were made up as an Aperol Spritz and blind-tasted by 100 Aperol Spritz fans in May 2022. They rated the flavour, aroma, appearance and mouthfeel of each one, and told us what they liked and disliked. Aperol vs supermarket own...
How to tickle a trout for dinner
This article was taken from the June 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. You don’t need elaborate equipment to catch this river-dweller, just a pair of hands. Mike Daunt, coauthor of *Endangered Species: The Bart and the Bounder’s Countryside Year (*John...
I drank Huel and Soylent for a month. This is what happened
What could feel more Silicon Valley than finding a technology solution for a problem that humanity seemed to have solved already: food. Five years after it debuted in the US, meal replacement shake Soylent is now available in the UK, where it’s joined by rival brand Huel. These shakes and powders are not only aimed at the weight conscious or fitness and muscle-obsessed, but aiming to bring...
Turns out coffee pods are actually pretty good for the environment
Our addiction to single shot coffee capsules is not good for the environment, because of the energy to grow the beans, make the capsules, brew the coffee, and dispose of the waste. But there’s an upside: capsules turn out to be a more sustainable way of drinking espresso than nearly any other method of making coffee. And according to new research, recyclable aluminium pods are more...
Apricity, London W1: ‘The menu will send vegetarians doolally with joy’ – restaurant review
Restaurants such as today’s always give me a sense of disquiet before I set off. Perhaps it’s their sense of gentle righteousness that puts me on the back foot. We all, roughly speaking, would love planet Earth not to die, choking in an oily fire slick littered with drowned polar bears, but how many of us actually do anything truly useful about it? Then along comes a place like Chantelle...