http://www.ideasonfood.co.uk en-gb ideasonfood.co.uk 2009-1-24T00:00:00Z ideasonfood.co.uk http://www.ideasonfood.co.uk/page7.htm#35440 The Undercover Critic strikes.... The Eastbury Hotel Sherborne Date 23rd January 2009 Its January its a bit nippy outside and I think any minute now my credit card bill might come dropping through the letter box reminding me of all my Christmas largesse. Never mind on a positive note we have a new president of the USA British gas has just sent me a text message informing me that my gas bill is about to be reduced by 10 a bit of duck tape on the letterbox seems to be keeping postie at bay... and Ive managed to scrape together thirty five quid to bag myself a seat at The Eastbury Hotels January supper club. Things are definitely looking up. To those on the outside ie NOT yet members of the Supper Club .... how very DARE you The Eastburys Chef Brett Sutton is a bit of a hidden gem at the bottom of Long Street or the top of Long Street Im not quite sure. Hes a bit of a genius with ingredients especially all things local and fresh and his imagination seems to know no... 2009-1-23T00:00:00Z http://www.ideasonfood.co.uk/page7.htm#20019 Just appreciating that when you set up blogs you have to update them ... do help me out here and send me your foodie musings and Ill publish them In my defence things have been pretty busy at Ideas On Food HQ thats just me then the past few months. Cornish Sea Salt for whom I have the pleasure of working with as a N.E.Director has just properly launched after nearly three years of planning and hard work. The harvesting plant is located just eight metres from the edge of the ocean on Cornwalls Lizard Peninsula a stunning location and one we hope to welcome visitors to soon. You should start to see the salt appearing in independent stores very soon so do look out for it and support a brand new West Country sea salt Personal foodie highs and lows in the past few months Well a definite high in every sense of the word is the brand new coffee machine thats been installed by Inspire 2 Eat just round the corner from my office. What a nice bunch they are in there with a mates rate for ca... 2008-2-16T00:00:00Z http://www.ideasonfood.co.uk/page7.htm#15508 Sherbornes famous Pack Monday Fair happened today. Celebrating the completion of building Sherborne Abbey the fair takes place on the first Monday after 10th October every year. Living in the centre of town means I woke up to the smell of rehydrated onions and the sound of generators whirring. From dawn to dusk literally thousands of people flock in by train bus foot pushchair mobility scooter and skateboard. The town is filled with hundreds of traders offering everything from big knickers to daffodil bulbs dodgy perfume buy one get five free along with this seasons musthave thermals and acres of so thick you can nearly see them bath towels. How do I know so much well NATURALLY I go there every year you have to With such a captive audience what happens to the food offering Well theres Prawnies ... an abomination in the world of fake fish prawn shaped stuff painted with red stripes and served with lashings of Jif Lemon Fudge thats evidently homemade but looks like its come from... 2007-10-16T00:00:00Z http://www.ideasonfood.co.uk/page7.htm#15420 Just spent the evening at a Slow Food event in Puddletown for the disbelievers Puddletown is a real place near Dorchester in The Piddle Valley near Tolpuddle and Troy honest. Little known fact Puddletown used to be called Piddletown but in advance of a royal visit by Queen Victoria they powers that be decided it might be more polite to rename the village Puddletown so as not to offend. Anyway about 20 of us Slllloooooowww fooders got together in a dear little village hall in the graveyard of the village church and listened to a chat by Barts Spices all about the way they are working with a plantation in Peru to harvest some more unusual chilli pepper varieties. The evenings menu had a Peruvian influence with lots of chillis lime traditional pork stew fluffly rice guacamole and even a chocolate and chilli dip to polish things off. If you dont know much about Slow Food take a peek at www.slowfood.com theres bound to be a group near you actually they called it a Convivium which ... 2007-10-12T00:00:00Z http://www.ideasonfood.co.uk/page7.htm#15325 Well red letter day my very first blog. I wonder if anyone will read it Its quite late in the evening but Im just celebrating having rewritten my website ... its not the most allsinging all dancing website the world has ever seen and it is a bit pink sorry to all you manly types out there but I have built it all on my tod so Im quite pleased with it. As time goes on Ill add more interesting foodie bits onto it and extra piccies and stuff that you might like to browse of an evening when youre bored with Facebook Ebay and Coronation Street. Ive been out and about today in London Wembley and Park Royal to be precise. Very very pleased to be back in Dorset away from all the nasty traffic. I did enjoy my meeting though as it was all part of the exciting launch were planning for Cornish Sea Salt and were working with a fantastic bunch from HampB Foods ... if you dont know them have a looksee at httpwww.hbfoods.co.ukId better add something else on this to make it more foodie .... I kno... 2007-10-8T00:00:00Z