Food

A growing number of restaurants and fast food outlets are advertising their vegan and meat-free options. Greggs credits an exceptional growth in its profits last year to the publicity that came with its launch of a vegan sausage roll, and has now launched a vegan steak bake. … [Read more...] about Almost one in four food products launched in UK in 2019 labelled vegan

Brickhouse Bread and the inexorable rise of posh toast It’s a slur on the snowflake millennials that they spend all their money on avocado and toast, and that’s why they can’t afford houses. Within it lurks utter scorn for fancy sourdoughs, the marching snack of the liberal elite, because honest people only eat Mother’s Pride, you see. But that slur has its economics arse backwards; really good bread has turned a huge array of things that would once have been sides, if not garnishes, into actual meals – avocados, poached eggs, onions and anchovies. … [Read more...] about From Greggs to kimchi: my six food heroes of the decade

It was religion, not love, that first drew Robuchon to the kitchen. Born into a Catholic family in Poitiers in 1945, his childhood ambition was to enter the priesthood. His family was of modest means - his father was a stonemason and his mother a housewife. Robuchon was the youngest of five and joined a seminary at 12. "It was very strict. We had prayers at 6.30 in the morning, then lectures all day and the priests were very demanding," he recalls. "The one moment of relaxation during the day was cooking. I would sit in the kitchen topping and tailing beans, cutting up carrots for casseroles, and it was relaxing - although, I have to say, it stopped being relaxing as soon as I got into a professional kitchen." … [Read more...] about Haute cuisine’s recipe for the credit crunch? Simpler, more honest food

But Ronay was still quick with the sharp tongue that had first helped him make his name. "It won't be many years before food in this country [the UK] is better than it is in France. But there is an annoying new trend for over-complicated menus that are anything but customer friendly," he told the Observer in 2003. "They read like recipes, with the result that you choose halibut and then fail to find it on your plate. It's even hard to get a decent dessert: instead, you get a sculpture. It's ridiculous." … [Read more...] about Egon Ronay, Britain’s king of good food, dies at 94

Many users were irritated a the man's post, pointing out that the scheme exists to prevent food waste not to get a food shop at a 'bargain' price - and felt there were plenty of people in need who would be grateful of the package.  … [Read more...] about Customer who picked up a box of food for £3 from Morrisons’ anti-food waste scheme is slammed for moaning about the contents – and told a homeless shelter would be grateful