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Paramount Fine Foods for has made a name for itself in Canada, the USA and the Middle East with its Paramount Lebanese Kitchen restaurants. It has now opened three restaurants in London. We called in at the Paramount Lebanese Kitchen just a few yards from Gloucester Road tube station – the others are in Paddington […]
If you really feel like it you can make ghee for yourself. It’s a type of clarified butter. Basically you will need to heat some unsalted butter in a pan and let it simmer long enough for all the moisture to evaporate and the milk solids to brown slightly. Then you need to skim off […]
Whisky and I don’t always get on well together. A mere single measure has been known to result in a nasty headache. Consequently, much as I enjoy a dram, on the whole I have learnt not to indulge. However, a few years back when visiting a distillery I was asked if I had ever added […]
It was round about the beginning of the 17th century when cocoa reached Turin and other cities in Italy. Two hundred and fifty years later a young man called Silvano Venchi was an apprentice in a confectionary workshop. He was obviously an astute young man and saved hard until he had enough money to buy […]
Those clever people at Simply Ice Cream have done it again. 2017 saw another accolade – two more Great Taste awards, one for the brown bread ice cream and another for the mint choc chip. We are not surprised. It is exceedingly good ice cream. In fact a family member of ours who lives in […]
It has to be said – we enjoy cocktails. We’ve attempted making our own, but they’ve never been too successful as we don’t have the proper equipment, and the ingredients can sometimes be a problem too. We’ve tried making our own sugar syrups and fruit purees. They were ok, but… Consequently there was a huge […]