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It's too hot to lift a lettuce leaf. Or raise a glass of wine to our lips. Well maybe we will not that far. Rains are planned for this weekend – a welcome relief for our parched gardens and the countryside – but essentially, the heat continues, it seems …
The wine is not, of course, a natural drink from the tropics and high temperatures that upset its subtleties and where an iced beer is still, in my opinion, the best combination for spicy foods.
But when the mercury rises in countries drinking wine – it has been 40C in Greece and Italy in recent days – they drink lighter wines, white and red, cool them and, without shame, dilute the whites and rosés with sparkling water (yes, I know, sometimes that's what you need). And what's needed here are simple, cheap, thirst-quenching, refreshing wines that do not require too much of our energy or our palate – after all, in the UK we are not not used to that – that we can drink in goblets. the garden or plastic goblets on the beach, munching a salad, lightly grilled fish or tapas. All, to be honest, it does not involve too much effort in hot weather.
First of all, a pair of light, sparkling and thirst-quenching summer wines from Badet Clément's serious concern in the south of France; the zippy, grassy The Belle Angela Sauvignon Blanc 2017 (the 2016 vintage was recommended here last year) and the mix grenache / cherry cinsault The Belle Angele Rosé 2017 (] £ 8.99 each or £ 7.49 as part of the mixed deal of six, majestic.co.uk ) – both well done, unpretentious, crowd pleasers , with beautiful retro labels paying tribute to a woman once painted by Paul Gauguin
Staying with French whites, on Tino Pai Sauvignon Blanc (£ 7.00, Spar stores) Made in the Loire from Sauvignon grapes grown in Loire, Gascony and Languedoc, is even more zingier and zestier than the one above and a great value; it is also part of a new range of good budget wines for Spar by master wine Phillipa Carr.
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1/33 Great Britain consumes more chocolate than any other country
Most people love chocolate but it turns out no one does more than the British. consumed 8.4 kg of chocolate in 2017, according to new data.
According to Mintel's Global New Product Database (GNPD), chocolate consumption is rising worldwide. Last year alone, Easter chocolate production increased by 23%
2/33 Easter Dr. Becky Spelman, chief psychologist at the Harley Street Private Therapy Clinic, asks that Easter eggs are banned for consumption by children under four, claiming that it gives them the opportunity to Binge on so young chocolate will give them an unhealthy relationship with food later.
"It's a nightmare situation for parents of this generation because they do not know how to teach their children to delay their response to cravings," she said, explaining that too many young children eat these chocolates because their parents do not know to stop them.
"When a child begins to eat too much, it's very difficult to change things in terms of food and eating habits, which leads to obesity from an early age," she added [[] 19659011] PA
3/3 The pineapple exceeds the avocado as the best-selling fruit in the UK
According to Tesco, pineapple has exceeded avocado as the best-selling fruit in the UK with sales up 15 percent in 2017.
In comparison, sales of lawyers increased from just under 10 percent last year.
The popular supermarket says that popularity grows when buyers who buy the versatile fruit begin to use it as the main ingredient in everything from curries and barbecues, to juices and cocktails
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4/33 Healthy Living Research suggests that gluten-free breads, dairy-free milks, and other herbal products have been among the most popular foods in British supermarkets this year.
However, while we are busy filling our gluten-free trolleys, we are messing around with junk food and alcohol, according to a new study
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5/33 Marks & Spencers launches seedless avocados
Rather than the result of a genetic modification, avocados are formed by an unpollinated avocado blossom.
The fruit grows without a seed that in turn stops the growth, creating a small fruit without seeds.
In addition, the skin is actually edible, unlike an ordinary avocado. The flesh is very similar to that of a normal avocado – smooth and creamy, pale in color and rich in flavor
M & S
6/33 Tea bags contain 17 times more germs that a toilet seat, reveals the study [19659009] The average bacterial reading of an office tea bag was 3,785, compared with just 220 for a toilet seat.
Other kitchen equipment pieces also pile up in their results, with bacterial readings averaging 2,483 on the kettle handles, 1,746 on the rim of a used cup and 1,592 on a refrigerator door handle
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/ 33 A new study shows that drinking more coffee leads to a longer life
There is good news and a last hope for coffee lovers and lovers. You can now drink coffee longer because a new study shows that it can lead to a prolonged life. Scientists have shown that those who drank between two and four cups of coffee a day were 18% less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers
PA
8/33 Coke Zero is replaced by Coke Zero Sugar
Coca-Cola takes hold of his Coke Zero. The beloved drink will be replaced by a new, improved taste. The movement, supported by a £ 10 million campaign, comes from Coca-Cola, which helps people reduce their sugar consumption. Coca-Cola wants people to do this without sacrificing the sweet taste of Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola
9/33 Starbucks introduces a new spread of avocado
The craze for avocado has grown from hipster brunch restaurants to Starbucks. Starbucks has introduced its new advocate spread earlier this year and it has the Internet in the debate. Some argue that it is not a spread but guacamole, while others wonder if there is a lawyer out there. When buying the new spread, you can also buy an optional grilled bagel. This is a must for any lawyer connoisseur.
Starbucks
10/33 New March Chocolate Bar
The iconic British chocolate bar is about to have its partner in crime. The new bar, called Goodness Knows, will replace the caramelized quality of the March bar with oats. It is said that it looks more like a Florentine biscuit with a background of thin dark chocolate. While being moderately healthy, Mars says that he has "good intentions". One package contains 154 calories and will sell around 90p.
March
11/33 Wine prices could rise because of Brexit
Wine lovers across the UK may soon have to shell out nearly a quarter more for their favorite tipple after the Brexit, as a weaker book and a lethargic economy takes its toll, a new study shows
Rex
12/33 Chocolate can be good for the heart
A new study , published in the British Medical Journal: Heart, found that moderate intake of chocolate may be positively associated with decreased risk of cardiac arrhythmia condition Atrial fibrillation
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13/33 Brits throw 1.4 million bananas each year
British families throw 1.4 million bananas that are perfectly good to eat every day at the cost of £ 80m a year, new figures have shown [19659011] PA / Armin Weigel
14/33 Rosemary sales peak on the hour of examination
There has been a surge in rising sales of the herb Rosemary after recent study has found that it helps to improve memory. According to the Holland & Barrett high-society health chain, grass sales increased 187 percent over the same time last year
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15 / 33 Gluten Free Diets »Not According to a team of nutrition and medicine experts from the United States, avoid wheat, barley and rye thinking that a diet without gluten brings health benefits can do more harm than good
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16/33 Starbucks launches two new coffee drinks
Starbucks launches two new drinks based of coffee in the United Kingdom, seeking to exploit the growing appetite of consumers for healthy beverages. Cold Brew Vanilla Sweet Cream and Freddo Cappuccino will both be available in UK stores from the beginning of May
Twitter / @ SbuxCountyHall
17/33 Cadbury Tiffin returns after 80 years
The Cadbury Dairy Milk Tiffin, produced for the first time in 1937, makes a definitive comeback in the UK. The chocolate bar with grapes and cookies is launched after a successful test last summer saw 3 million chocolate treats – priced at £ 1.49 for every 95g bar – purchased by nostalgic customers
Cadburys [19659054] 18/33 The Pizza Restaurant makes the "World's Most Cheesy"
"Scottie's Pizza Parlor" in Portland Oregon has created the world's most cheesy pizza in using a total of 101 different cheese varieties.
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19/33 A pizza restaurant in Portland, Oregon has created the world's most cheesy pizza using a total of 101 different cheese varieties. Why not eat before a workout could be better for your health
A study published in the American Journal of Physiology by researchers at the University of Bath found that you could burn more fat if you did not eat first
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20/33 New York's best-known restaurant in the world
A New York restaurant where an average meal for two costs $ 700 was named the best in the world. Eleven Madison Park won the accolade for the first time after debuting on the list at number 50 in 2010. The restaurant was hailed for a fun sense of gastronomy, "blurring the line between the kitchen and the dining room. to eat "
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21/33 Why Do You Feel Bad Food When You Are Tired?
Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago recently presented their findings. A study on the effects of sleep deprivation. calorific food consumption. The researchers found that those who were deprived of sleep had "specifically increased" brain activity to food odors compared to when they had a good night's sleep
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22/33 Drinking wine engages more of your brain than solving math problems
Drinking wine is the ideal exercise for your brain, engaging more parts of our gray matter than any other human behavior, according to a neuroscientist. foreground. Dr. Gordon Shepherd, of the Yale School of Medicine, said that sniffing and analyzing a wine before drinking it requires an "exquisite control of one of the largest muscles of the body »
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23/33 British dessert eats too much after people give up healthy eating in February
: Encouraging news for those who feel guilty about 39, abandoning their New Year diet, it seems that many of us have once again abandoned our sweets. New data from the Deliveroo nationwide food delivery service reveals that there has been an increase in the number of desserts in February compared to the first month of 2017
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A new bill was created to prohibit the use of the term "milk". Entitled The DAIRY PRIDE Act, the name is a tenuous acronym for "defending against imitations and replacements of yogurt, milk and cheese to promote regular intake of dairy products every day". He argues that the dairy industry is in trouble because of all the dairy-free alternatives on the market and that the public is also fooled
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25/33 Cadbury Launches Two New Tablets of chocolate [19659009] The British confectionery giant Cadbury has launched two new chocolate bars, hoping to attract sweets lovers and perhaps help overcome some of the challenges it faces by the rise in commodity prices and the fall of Brexit. the products will be peanut butter and flavored with mint. They will be available in most major markets as 120g bars, priced at £ 1.49, according to the company
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26/33 You can now get a job as a professional chocolate eater [19659009] The company responsible for some of your favorite chocolate brands – think Cadbury, Milks, Prince and Oreo – has officially announced an opening to join their team as a professional chocolate taster.
The successful candidate will help them test, refine and launch new products around the world.
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27/33 The additive MSG used in Chinese cooking is actually good for you, says the scientist
For years we have been told MSG (the Sodium salt of glutamic acid) – often associated with cheap Chinese dishes – is horrible for our health and to be avoided at all costs. But a scientist argues that he should be used as a "supersalt" and encourages him to add to the food.
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28/33 Lettuce prices rise
Not only are lettuce becoming more and more rare in supermarkets, but leafy vegetable prices also seem to be rising .
According to the weekly report of the Ministry of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a pair of Little Gem lettuces had an average price of £ 0.86 on the week that has ended Friday, compared with an average of £ 0.56 the previous week – this is an increase of nearly 54 percent.
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29/33 School Of Food
Children Celebrate School Food Graduation With James Martin – A Campaign Launched By Asda to educate young people about the origin of food.
New research has revealed that children in the UK are not living up to the reality of the foods they consume – nearly half of children under eight do not know that eggs come from chickens
RichardCrease / BNPS
30/33 Restaurant "Do-It-Yourself"
To encourage more people to cook and eat together, IKEA launched The Dining Club in Shoreditch – a restaurant "Do-It-Yourself" completely immersive. Members of the public can book brunch, lunch or dinner for up to 20 friends and family. Supported by their own sous-chef and master of, the host and guests will orchestrate an intimate dining experience where cooking is celebrated and where dining together is a source of inspiration
Mikael Buck / IKEA [19659092] 31/33 Ping Pong menu with a twist
The Gatwick Airport teamed with the London Dim Ping Pong restaurant to create a limited edition menu with a typically British twist; including a Full English Bao and Beef Wellington Puff, to celebrate the launch of the new Airport Road in Hong Kong
32/33 Zizzi Unveils Ma'amgharita
Zizzi creates a unique pizza of the Queen's 90th birthday. The pizza depicts the queen in an iconic pose illustrated with fresh and tasty Italian ingredients on a background of the Union Jack
33/33 Blue potatoes are coming back
Blue potatoes, once a staple of British potatoes, are back on the menu thanks to an organic farmer became a farmer. allows people to buy directly from local farms. Adrian Izzard, Ph.D., used traditional Wild Country Organics culture techniques to produce colorful spuds, filled with protective anthocyanins from cells that had disappeared from British plaques when post-war farmers have been pushed towards higher yields. variety
1/33 Great Britain consumes more chocolate than any other country
Most people love chocolate but it turns out that no one does more than British – with an average Briton consuming 8.4 kg of chocolate in 2017, according to new data.
According to Mintel's Global New Product Database (GNPD), chocolate consumption is rising worldwide. Last year alone, Easter chocolate production rose by 23%
2/33 Easter Dr. Becky Spelman, chief psychologist at the Harley Street Private Therapy Clinic, asks that Easter eggs are banned for consumption by children under four, claiming that it gives them the opportunity to Binge on so young chocolate will give them an unhealthy relationship with food later.
"It's a nightmare situation for parents of this generation because they do not know how to teach their children to delay their response to cravings," she said, explaining that too many young children eat these chocolates because their parents do not know to stop them.
"When a child begins to eat too much, it's very difficult to change things in terms of food and eating habits, which leads to obesity from an early age," she added [[] 19659011] PA
3/3 The pineapple exceeds the avocado as the best-selling fruit in the United Kingdom
According to Tesco, pineapple has surpassed 39 avocado as the best-selling fruit in the UK with sales up 15 percent in 2017.
In comparison, sales of lawyers increased from just under 10 percent last year.
The popular supermarket says that popularity grows when buyers who buy the versatile fruit begin to use it as the main ingredient in everything from curries and barbecues, to juices and cocktails
Getty
4/33 Healthy Living Research suggests that gluten-free breads, dairy-free milks, and other herbal products have been among the most popular foods in British supermarkets this year.
However, while we are busy filling our gluten-free carts, we're messing it up with junk food and alcohol, according to a new study
Getty / iStock
5/33 Marks & Spencers launches seedless avocados
Rather than the result of a genetic modification, avocados are formed by an unpollinated avocado blossom.
The fruit grows without a seed that in turn stops the growth, creating a small fruit without seeds.
In addition, the skin is actually edible, unlike an ordinary avocado. The flesh is very similar to that of a normal avocado – smooth and creamy, pale in color and rich in flavor
M & S
6/33 Tea bags contain 17 times more germs that a toilet seat, reveals the study [19659009] The average bacterial reading of an office tea bag was 3,785, compared with just 220 for a toilet seat.
Other pieces of kitchen equipment also accumulated in their discoveries, with bacterial readings averaging 2,483 on the kettle handles, 1,746 on the edge of a used cup and 1,592 on a refrigerator door handle
Getty Images / iStockphoto
/ 33 A new study shows that drinking more coffee leads to a longer life
There is good news and a last hope for coffee lovers and lovers. You can now drink coffee longer because a new study shows that it can lead to a prolonged life. Scientists have shown that those who drank between two and four cups of coffee a day were 18% less likely to die than non-coffee drinkers
PA
8/33 Coke Zero is replaced by Coke Zero Sugar
Coca-Cola takes hold of his Coke Zero. The beloved drink will be replaced by a new, improved taste. The movement, supported by a £ 10 million campaign, comes from Coca-Cola, which helps people reduce their sugar consumption. Coca-Cola wants people to do this without sacrificing the sweet taste of Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola
9/33 Starbucks introduces a new spread of avocado
The craze for avocado has grown from hipster brunch restaurants to Starbucks. Starbucks has introduced its new advocate spread earlier this year and it has the Internet in the debate. Some argue that it is not a spread but guacamole, while others wonder if there is a lawyer out there. When buying the new spread, you can also buy an optional grilled bagel. This is a must for any lawyer connoisseur.
Starbucks
10/33 New March Chocolate Bar
The iconic British chocolate bar is about to have its partner in crime. The new bar, called Goodness Knows, will replace the caramelized quality of the March bar with oats. It is said that it looks more like a Florentine biscuit with a background of thin dark chocolate. While being moderately healthy, Mars says that he has "good intentions". One package contains 154 calories and will sell around 90p.
March
11/33 Wine prices could increase because of Brexit
Wine lovers across the UK may soon have to shell out nearly a quarter more for their favorite tipple after Brexit, in a weaker pound. and a lethargic economy takes its toll, a new study shows
Rex
12/33 Chocolate Can Be Good for the Heart
A New Study, published in the British Medical Journal: Heart, has revealed that moderate chocolate consumption may be positively associated with decreased risk of cardiac arrhythmia condition Atrial fibrillation
Getty Images / iStockphoto
13/33 Brits shed 1.4 million bananas each year [19659009] British families throw 1.4 million bananas that are perfectly good to eat every day at a cost of £ 80m a year, new figures have shown
PA / Armin Weigel
14/33 peak of Rosemary's sale on the hour of examination
There has been a surge in rising sales of rosemary herb after recent research has found that it helps to improve memory. According to the Holland & Barrett High Street Health Food Chain, grass sales have increased 187 percent over the same period last year
Getty Images / iStockphoto
15/33 Gluten-Free Diets "Not According to a team of nutrition and medicine experts from the United States, avoid wheat, barley and rye thinking that it's not safe. a gluten-free diet brings health benefits can do more harm than good
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16/33 Starbucks launches two new coffee-based beverages
Starbucks Launches Two New UK-based coffee beverages, seeking to take advantage of consumers' growing appetite for healthy beverages. Cold Brew vanilla cream and Freddo cappuccino will both be available in UK stores from the beginning of May
Twitter / @ SbuxCountyHall
17/33 Cadbury Tiffin returns after 80 years
The Cadbury Dairy Milk Tiffin, produced for the first time in 1937, makes a definitive comeback in the UK. The chocolate bar raisins and biscuits is launched after a successful test last summer saw 3 million chocolate treats – priced at £ 1.49 for every 95g bar – bought by nostalgic customers [19659011] Cadburys
18/33 The Pizza Restaurant makes the "World's Most Cheesy"
"Scottie's Pizza Parlor" in Portland Oregon has created the most cheesy pizza to the world using a total of 101 different cheese varieties.
Facebook / Scottie's Pizza Parlor
19/33 A pizza restaurant in Portland, Oregon created the world's most cheesy pizza using a total of 101 different cheese varieties. Why not eat before a workout could be better for your health
A study published in the American Journal of Physiology by researchers at the University of Bath found that you could burn more fat if you did not eat first
Images / iStockphoto
20/33 A New York restaurant named best restaurant in the world
A New York restaurant where an average meal for two costs $ 700 was named the best in the world. Eleven Madison Park won the accolade for the first time after debuting on the list at number 50 in 2010. The restaurant was hailed for a fun sense of gastronomy, "blurring the line between the kitchen and the dining room. to eat "
Images
21/33 Why You Feel Bad Food When You Are Tired
Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago recently presented the results of 39, a study on the effects of sleep deprivation calorific food intake. The researchers found that those who were sleep deprived had "specifically increased" brain activity to food odors compared to when they had a good night's sleep
Shutterstock
22/33 Drinking wine engages more of your brain than solving math problems
Drinking wine is the ideal exercise for your brain, engaging more parts of our gray matter than any other human behavior, according to a neuroscientist. foreground. Dr. Gordon Shepherd, of the Yale School of Medicine, said that sniffing and analyzing a wine before drinking it requires an "exquisite control of one of the largest muscles of the body "
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23/33 The British dessert eats too much after people have given up a healthy diet in February
: Encouraging news for those who feel guilty about 39;abandonner leur régime du Nouvel An, il semble que beaucoup d'entre nous ont encore une fois abandonné nos sucreries. De nouvelles données provenant du service de livraison de nourriture à l'échelle nationale Deliveroo révèle qu'il y a eu une augmentation du nombre de desserts en février par rapport au premier mois de 2017
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24/33
Un nouveau projet de loi a été créé pour interdire l'utilisation du terme «lait». Intitulé The DAIRY PRIDE Act, le nom est un acronyme ténu pour «défendre contre les imitations et les remplacements de yaourt, de lait et de fromage pour promouvoir l'apport régulier de produits laitiers tous les jours». Il soutient que l'industrie laitière est en difficulté à cause de toutes les alternatives sans produits laitiers sur le marché et que le public est trompé aussi
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25/33 Cadbury lance deux nouvelles tablettes de chocolat [19659009] Le géant de la confiserie britannique Cadbury a lancé deux nouvelles tablettes de chocolat, dans l'espoir d'attirer les amateurs de sucreries et peut-être aider à surmonter certains des défis auxquels il est confronté par la hausse des prix des matières premières et la chute du Brexit. les produits seront au beurre de cacahuète et aromatisés à la menthe. Ils seront disponibles dans la plupart des grands marchés comme barres de 120g, au prix de £ 1.49, selon la compagnie
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26/33 Vous pouvez maintenant obtenir un emploi en tant que mangeur de chocolat professionnel
La société responsable de certaines de vos marques préférées de chocolat – pensez Cadbury, Milks, Prince et Oreo – a officiellement annoncé une ouverture pour rejoindre leur équipe en tant que dégustateur de chocolat professionnel.
Le candidat retenu les aidera à tester, perfectionner et lancer de nouveaux produits partout dans le monde.
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27/33 L'additif MSG utilisé dans la cuisine chinoise est réellement bon pour vous, affirme le scientifique
Depuis des années, on nous dit MSG (le sel de sodium de l'acide glutamique) – souvent associé à des plats chinois à bas prix – est horrible pour notre santé et à éviter à tout prix. Mais un scientifique soutient qu'il devrait être utilisé comme un «supersalt» et encourage l'ajout de nourriture à la nourriture
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28/33 Les prix de la laitue augmentent
Non seulement les laitues deviennent-elles de plus en plus produit rare dans les supermarchés, mais les prix des légumes à feuilles semblent également augmenter.
Selon le rapport hebdomadaire du ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Alimentation et des Affaires rurales, une paire de laitues Little Gem a eu un prix moyen de 0,86 £ sur la semaine qui s'est terminée vendredi, contre 0,56 £ en moyenne la semaine précédente – C'est une augmentation de près de 54 p.
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29/33 École d'alimentation
Les enfants célèbrent la remise des diplômes de l'école d'alimentation avec James Martin – une campagne lancée par Asda pour éduquer les jeunes sur l'origine de la nourriture.
De nouvelles recherches ont révélé que les enfants du Royaume-Uni ne se montrent pas à la hauteur de la réalité des aliments qu'ils consomment – près de la moitié des enfants de moins de huit ans ne savent pas que les œufs proviennent des poulets
RichardCrease / BNPS
30/33 Restaurant "Do-It-Yourself"
Pour encourager plus de gens à cuisiner et à manger ensemble, IKEA a lancé The Dining Club à Shoreditch – un restaurant "Do-It-Yourself" entièrement immersif . Les membres du public peuvent réserver pour organiser un brunch, un déjeuner ou un dîner pour un maximum de 20 amis et famille. Soutenu par leur propre sous-chef et maître de, l'hôte et ses invités orchestreront une expérience culinaire intime où la cuisine est célébrée et où manger ensemble est une source d'inspiration
Mikael Buck / IKEA
31/33 Ping Pong menu avec une torsion
L'aéroport de Gatwick a fait équipe avec le restaurant dim sum de Londres Ping Pong pour créer un menu en édition limitée avec une touche typiquement britannique; y compris un Full English Bao et Beef Wellington Puff, pour célébrer le lancement de la nouvelle route de l'aéroport à Hong Kong
32/33 Zizzi dévoile le Ma'amgharita
Zizzi crée une pizza unique en son genre du 90e anniversaire de la Reine. La pizza représente la reine dans une pose emblématique illustrée avec des ingrédients italiens frais et savoureux sur fond de l'Union Jack
33/33 Blue potatoes make a comeback
Blue potatoes, once a staple part of British potato crops, are back on the menu thanks to a Cambridge scientist turned-organic farmer and Farmdrop, an online marketplace that lets people buy direct from local farms. Cambridge PhD graduate-turned farmer, Adrian Izzard has used traditional growing techniques at Wild Country Organics to produce the colourful spuds, packed with healthy cell-protecting anthocyanin, which had previously disappeared from UK plates when post-war farmers were pushed towards higher-yielding varieties
High alcohol wines are good to avoid in very hot weather and Portugal’s vinho verde wines are great choices – young, refreshing, vibrant, at around 9.5 ABV, with a light petillance and perfect for outdoor, hot weather drinking; try the Casal Garcia (£3.51 portugalvineyards.com; £8.32 portugaliaonline.co.uk) or the Escudo Real (£5.99 Co-op stores), both packed with citrus and tropical fruit flavours. As it says on the label of the latter, “drink very chilled”.
As should be rosé, the ultimate hot weather wine.
Marks and Spencer has a great selection of rosés this summer and, in recognition, was recently awarded the International Wine Challenge Rosé Supermarket of the Year; these include the excellent, highly drinkable Coteaux Varois En Provence 2017 (£9.00, marksandspencer.com) a typical Provencal, grenache-dominated blend, lightly spiced, citrus and orange inflected and also now available in 1.5l pouches (£16.00, marksandspencer.com), part of a new range that works out at slightly better value.
As I noted in my picnics column of a couple of weeks back, wine pouches (and boxes and bags) are now very much back in vogue and are perfect for those beach or festival days or for keeping in the fridge for when you just want an occasional glass.
Marks also has the Burra Brook Rosé 2017 (£7.00, marksandspencer.com) which may be from South Australia but is distinctly European in style, with cabernet sauvignon added to the typical grenache/cinsault/syrah mix, giving it a fuller, fruitier but still very dry style. For a real bargain quaffer, the Sud de France Rose (£5.99, aldi.co.uk) is also a typical grenache-dominated blend from the south, produced by the excellent Jean Claude Mas outfit for Aldi, and is just a perfect summer party wine.
In such weather, red wines simply have to be cooled to bring out their best and chilling a cheaper wine can often improve the flavours – just don’t leave it in the fridge too long. Look for wines made from juicy, aromatic, succulent grapes, such as gamay, pinot noir and cabernet franc, and put them in the fridge door for no more than an hour. Lighter versions of the Chilean staple, carmenere, can also work well, such as the Root: 1 Carmenere 2016 (£6.00, Morrisons, until September 16; normally £8.00).
I would not recommend putting your finest burgundies in the fridge but pinot noirs from elsewhere in France or the world can work very well chilled. I’ve recommended a couple of decent Romanian wines recently and now we have the Wildflower Pinot Noir (£6.50, Spar), part of the same new range mentioned above, and where a little chilling will bring out the fruit and nut chocolate flavours and heighten the fresh acidity. The latter two wines are great for lighter barbecue meats or tuna steaks – that’s assuming you can find the energy to go shopping.
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