Local oil aficionado, Giuseppe Trapani, is back with his 2021 Kickstarter, raising money for his next Ogglio olive oil harvest. You may remember we featured Giuseppe back in 2019, when he was raising funds for the harvest that year. He now needs your support again to bring this award-winning oil back for 2021! Ogglio: The story Giuseppe inherited his family’s small … [Read more...]
Meet the Producers: Wild Venison and Game
Wild Venison and Game is part of a professional deer management business in Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire. Owner, Justin, recently dropped off a box of their venison for me to test out. A few weeks in, and I've already ordered more to stock the freezer with. - Jacqui Guest post by Justin at Wild Venison and Game. Our venison is wild, British, and local. It's lean, low … [Read more...]
Grilled: a chat with Tess Taylor at Tap Social – with beer to win!
Let's face it COVID-19 has been a right d*** for the hospitality industry. For breweries, it's taken a lot to adapt while still earning a living, or even surviving, in some cases. I had a catch up with Tess Taylor, Founder & Director at Tap Social, to see how they've coped; and to talk about the brighter, redesigned, future. Let's start with some basics. Tap Social … [Read more...]
Introducing: L’altre Vi – Organic and Natural Wines from Catalonia
My son Rubén and I have been specialist importers since 2016, when we set up L’altre Vi, or “the other wine”. We have roots in the Penedès region and wanted to share the beautiful wines we knew so well, and pass on our enthusiasm for a little corner of the world which isn’t so well known in the UK. There’s nothing stuffy about wine in Catalonia and we don’t think it matters … [Read more...]
Review: Fudge Kitchen
I'm a little bit obsessed with restaurants, you may have noticed. So much so, apparently, that I had never even noticed a tiny little fudge shop on Broad Street called Fudge Kitchen, selling huge selections of... yep, fudge! Fudge Kitchen sits between Cath Kidston and Boswell's, in tourist central near the entrance to Broad Street. The window display of fudge has cute (or … [Read more...]