After a lovely, yet wet, weekend visit to CarFest South at the end of August we are certainly looking forward to the news that we are about to enter an Indian Summer as autumn starts. And if the glorious sunshine streaming through our office windows is anything to go by, we will be needing more BBQ food and equipment before Summer 2014. So it was exciting to meet so many great business owners and food producers at CarFest.
A few days ago we were basking in the Summer sun, enjoying drinks and bbq's in the garden, looking for ways to keep cool. Now as we sit looking out on to a bleak day of drizzle and cloud it seems almost too early to be discussing Christmas but the onset of Autumn is only two weeks away. And if Autumn is upon us then Christmas will be following close on its heels.
Garlic, basil and ice-cream really aren't ingredients that we would put in the same bowl but it seems that Yummy Yorkshire have done just that and managed to create flavour combinations that are worthy of Great Taste Award Gold Stars.
Appleby Creamery is a traditional small artisan producer creating a range of locally inspired cheeses from time honoured Cumbrian recipes. We were excited to taste-test a selection from the Appleby Creamery range - and would certainly recommend them to cheese lovers everywhere.
When Charlotte Clarkson decided to send us a sample of last year's 2* winning rare Breed Chorizo little did she know that we have a chorizo lover on our team, who is absolutely passionate about the sausage. So with this is mind we peeled back the skin, thickly sliced the chorizo and waited for his reaction to this exciting new sample.
Cinnamon Hill delivers fresh cinnamon straight from harvest to your door so cinnamon lovers can now get the world's finest fresh cinnamon delivered to their door straight after it is harvested. There's nothing quite like the fresh, aromatic smell and taste - not to mention health benefits - of top quality, fresh cinnamon.
