Have you had a
look at the latest cooking newsletter? It is well
worth a read as the opening piece features a great range of
cooking stocks from Essential Cuisine. Who Is Essential Cuisine?
It started in 1995 after Chef Nigel Crane decided to make
his own stocks, as he just could not find a convenient and
easy to use high quality stock mix anywhere. It started with
just four stock powders, and now offers over 40 premium products
from Stocks to Jus, to Demi Glaces, Glaces and Gravies to
an entire Halal Range and is now a major supplier of quality
cooking products to some of the best restaurants in the country.
Essential Cuisine believed there was a distinct lack of really
good stocks for home chefs. And that is why they have launched
a range of top quality stocks for use at home . . . so good
even professional chefs use them! .
. . read more
There
has always been a rule that no drink recipes will be publsihed
on Hub-UK. After all you have to draw the line somewhere.
That was until today when something that looked so delicious
came along that the rule just had to be broken.
It is only just Autumn but some people are already turning
their thoughts to what to buy friends or family for Christmas.
When it comes to food and cooking it is always difficult
because those that are really into their cooking tend to
have all the equipment they want, and nor do they want their
favourite worn down wooden spoon replacing with a brand
new one or some alternative trendy stirring tool. So what
do you buy them? Ever thought of ceramics, Spanish ceramics
that is? There is such a wide range and they make a great
way to serve food. Presentation is all important and what
could make a better present .
. . read more
"Just
took a stroll around the Spanish Ceramics pages on their
site. I wish I had a huge kitchen - I'd order ALL OF IT.
Lovely stuff."Take
a stroll for yourself at www.orceserranohams.com
Have you seen the
Knife shop where you can discover a comprehensive
range of top quality kitchen knives, knife sets and accessories.
All of the knives are made by one of the longest established
knife manufacturers in the world today – “Arcos”
a Spanish company based in Albacete who have been making
professional knives for over 130 years and are respected
worldwide for the quality of their pieces .
. . read more
Buried Treasure . . . hidden recipes Looking something up the other day made me realise how
many great recipes or "how to" pages are buried
in the site. After eleven years and almost 5,000 web pages
I suppose that should be no surprise. Here are just a few
examples from the early days of the site:
You
should have a look at the Hub-UK
Spanish
Delicatessen where you will find some of the most
popular Spanish meats and food products . . . direct from
Spain!
Iain
Macdonald and Gayle Hartley, who along with their
two year old son, moved to rural Andalucia five years ago
to renovate a cave and realise their dream have launched their
own specialist business Orce
Serrano Hams. Spain is famous for its cured ham and
indeed no bar, restaurant or family kitchen would be without
one and now you too can buy it for yourself . . . read
more
Kitchen
Nightmares . . . real horror stories from the kitchen
- No nothing to do with a visit from Gordon Ramsay! Have you
ever had things go hopelessly wrong in the kitchen? Do you
often feel there is a family of gremlins living somewhere
in your kitchen? These are some of the stories that have been
contributed by both professional chefs, keen amateur cooks
and others in the food industry. Don't cry, just have a good
laugh .
. . read and relax
Aromatic
guide to the Spanish Kitchen - From the bay leaf to
the tiniest strands of saffron, discover what makes Spanish
cuisine so special. The Spanish use a mix of various imported
spices and homegrown herbs. Discover the most commonly used
herbs and spices in Spanish cooking and which the Spanish
kitchen should never be without .
. . read more
Georges,
the goat cheese genius - One taste and I was hooked.
I had never tasted a goat cheese so fresh and pure, with not
the slightest hint of goatiness. It didn't stick to the palate
but caressed the tongue. It made me think of spring flowers
and cool mountain air. I knew that somehow, whatever it took,
I had to secure a regular supply .
. . read more
Smoothies,
smoothies and more smoothies - the whole world seems
to hav fallen in love with smoothies. Personally I am not
agreta fan but I love tomato juice and I suppose, in the days
before the word 'smoothie' became the in word, it was one
of the firts smoothies. Want to make your own smoothies? For
a great selection of smoothie recipes .
. . read more
Cooking
Holidays, cooking vacations, culinary holidays, culinary
vacations, cooking tours or culinary tours . . . whatever
you are looking for to do with holidays and cooking Hub-UK
can
point you in the right direction.
It
has taken time to create pages to show you what such a holiday
is like as it is no good just writing about it - words just
cannot convey what you see and do. The pages created illustrate
what you can expect from this sort of holiday. Many similar
holidays to this can found in the Cooking Holidays section
of the site.
If
you do not have a high speed Internet connection the pages
may be slow to load because of the number of photographs .
. . it will be worth the wait.
Apparently
a lot of people search for RECIPIES (note the spelling).
Have they just mis-spelt the word recipes or by searching
for recipies were they actually looking for a recipie for
a pie?
Here
are some of the Recipies you will find on Hub-UK:
.
. . if you would like to find more pie recipes use the search
box on the left of each page.
Tips
on Knife Maintenance - a few knife sharpening hints.
All straight edge knives need to be sharpened regularly. It
is easy, just learn the procedure of washing the knife, drying
it, and then steeling it before putting the knife away in
a protected sleeve or knife holder . . . read
more
Having
been told that you have to be on Facebook if you
are anyone Hub-UK now has a Facebook page. . . not
sure whether it is a good idea or not. Perhaps you
can surprise us by taking a look, leaving a comment
or two and clicking on the Like button.
There
has always been a rule that no drink recipes will be publsihed
on Hub-UK. After all you have to draw the line somewhere.
That was until today when something that looked so delicious
came along that the rule just had to be broken.
