Walk down Walcot St. in the charming city of Bath in the U.K. and you will stumble upon what is perhaps the most magical little cheese shop in all of Europe. When you come across this wonderful place simply look atop the teal-ish blue entrance and written in hand scripted letters are the words “The ...
Mrs Bridges – a picture of plump domesticity; a matronly cook running an Edwardian kitchen with a rod of iron and a warm heart in equal measure. Mrs Bridges … Cook … or Kate to a very select few, began her life ‘in service’ as an under cook to ‘respectable’ families in the countryside of ...
Some of the best things in life are closely guarded secrets. To many people, tea is simply a rushed drink in the morning or a cooling cup on an office desk. To those in the know, however, a cup of premium tea can be the drink of the gods. Newby Teas’ award-winning range of exquisite ...
Deep in the heart of the Scottish berry fields lies a company as rich in tradition as it is in the fruits it uses for their signature preserves and marmalades. Mackays products use the juiciest berries and fruits at the height of the season to create their range of delicious marmalades and preserves that showcase ...
“At Waitrose and Duchy, we share a belief in the value of British organic food, grown and produced sustainably. It’s a pleasure we can all enjoy.” Using core ingredients from the Royal Farms at Highgrove estate, Duchy Originals has recently re-launched its range with a new look and a number of delicious new product introductions. ...
At the start of the 20th century, England was famous for producing the best mint in the world — the French still call peppermint menthe Anglaise, or English mint. Over the years, pressure to grow food crops and the cost of labour brought a decline in cultivation, leaving the US to become the centre for ...
“Our ingredients come from all over the world. They have to. Many of our ingredients are only grown in certain climates. Black pepper, an ingredient in many of my formulas, can only be grown in countries within 10 degrees of the equator. Its most common source country is India. We use hundreds of different ingredients ...
Seggiano is the name of a small hilltop village at 450 metres altitude on the shoulder of Monte Amiata in southern Tuscany. Peri Eagleton and David Harrison have farmed olives on their certified organic smallholding and have produced olive oil, with the help and advice of the Seggiano community, since 1985. They also run an ...
Set up in 2003 by a medical doctor and his elder brother, The London Tea Company’s reach now spans continents from the West to the Far East and from the tip of South Africa to the northern lights of Scandinavia. Initially thought of as a wish list of the things they’d like to see in ...
Mary Manners, the wife of our founder Lord John Manners, started making cordials in her kitchen in the Seventies by infusing the elderflowers and pressing the fruit grown on the farm. Since then, Belvoir has carried on the same infusing, pressing and cooking of fresh flowers, fruits and spices, which are then blended with local ...