Everyone
deserves a well-earned break now and then and if youre
the type of person who would like to combine a trip
abroad with a delicious cooking experience, this is
the prize for you!
Welcome
to Hub-UK for recipes, food, cookery, cooking
holidays
What's it like living in Tuscany and running Cooking
Holidays?
Chef
Jonathan Arthur runs Italy
with Relish
Cooking holidays in Tuscany or on the Amalfi Coast
or spectacular villa holidays where he looks after
your every need
Until recently I vaguely remembered reading something
about cold pressed rapeseed oil which suggested it was
healthy but had taken no notice. For me the rape crop
was something the Common Market had got farmers to grow,
in order to reduce other crop production and still pay
them. In other words a useless crop with some vague
suggestions it was used for making bio fuels . . .
Then I went to the Aldeburgh Food Festival and my opinion
changed for ever . . . and my salad oil of choice. There
is of course the added bonus I can cook with the same
oil as well as it has a far higher burn point than olive
oil . .
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Most of Britains kitchens have a designated place
for recipes - be it books on a shelf or a page torn
from a magazine; the vast majority of us have turned
to them at some point -for inspiration, novelty or to
impress that certain someone.
Despite the continuing sales of the Delia, Jamie and
Nigella era cookbooks, a new generation of food lovers
are going online to expand their culinary repertoire
.
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"I had read that from its origin in the late Eighteenth
century, pies used to be made with oysters as they were
cheap and in plentiful supply so I thought it would
be good to re-introduce them to the dish. Secondly,
I wanted to steer away from the standard mince meat
pie and make the filing a little more luxurious, so
I decided to go with braising steak that had been slow-cooked
to make it meltingly tender . . ." writes Dan
of Food
Urchin.
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I have wonderful memories of eating in Normandy so
when I discovered Andy Whitson's videos showing how
to cook Poulet
Vallée dAuge I just had to feature
them on the site. Each stage is carefully explained
in a separate video clip and you will also find a copy
of the recipe .
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You
should have a look at the Hub-UKSpanish
Delicatessen where you will find some of the
most popular Spanish meats and food products . . . direct
from Spain!
Since winning in November 2008, Michele and Russell
have been training with the talented teams behind the
Brasserie Blanc restaurants, learning the foundations
of successful business, from food costing and accounting
to staff recruitment and legal duties.
They have now announced the opening of their new restaurant,
The Cheerful Soul in the Hare & Hounds, in Marlow,
Buckinghamshire, in mid-June 2009 .
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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
Alan
Coxon's Historic Vinaigre range has just won two top
prizes at the prestigious Excellence in Food and Drink
awards hosted by Caterer and Hotelkeeper. The judges
were so impressed with the three vinegars that they
went straight to the top of the scoreboard and scooped
the Innovation award as well as the coveted Gold award,
chosen from all of the category winners.
Alan, TV Chef and Food archaeologist said of the win
"I am over the moon to have won the two awards
for my Historic Vinaigre range. The range has been nearly
10 years in development requiring vast amounts of time
and commitment to create something truly unique for
kitchens and tables around the globe. The daily challenges
to get to market have been vast and often intense, so
this recognition by such a panel of respected judges
and peers within the food industry is fantastic, the
wins also confirm and support my personal belief and
quest for quality."
Mmmm
. . . mussels!
For me the one dish that epitomises eating in France
is Moules Marinières.
For so many people it is a dish they only eat in
restaurants because they are scared of preparing the
mussel. Chef Jim Fisher has taken the mystique out of
it with his article Buying
and Preparing Mussels
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 .
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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 .
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INSTANTLY
WIN . . . . . A £3,000 COOKING
HOLIDAY
Everyone deserves a well-earned break now
and then and if youre the type of
person who would like to combine a trip
abroad with a delicious cooking experience,
this is the prize for you!
Weve
joined with InstantWin4now to bring you
the chance to win a cooking holiday of your
choice up to the value of £3,000!
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.
Designasausage
Kits Make Childs Play of Sausage Making
. . . ever thought of making your own sausages? Worried
that your kids are eating too much fat? Alarmed at the
quality of some processed meat products? Then making
sausages at home might just be the thing for you . .
. . read
more
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
Everyone
deserves a well-earned break now and then and if youre
the type of person who would like to combine a trip
abroad with a delicious cooking experience, this is
the prize for you!