FoodBriefs
Fish body wants cod ban for 2007
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a complete ban on cod fishing in the North Sea for 2007. It wants a total ban to help "severely depleted stocks recover". The committee's recommendations will go to European governments and fishing quotas will be set in December.
Book launch for gastropub chef
Chef Trish Hilferty has launched a book of classic gastropub recipes.
Hilferty worked with gastropub entrepeneur Michael Belben at the Eagle, in Farringdon, London, before becoming head chef at Belben's other London venture the Fox, in Shoreditch, which he has just sold.
Hilferty has now left the Fox and is currently doing consultancy and food-styling work.
Gastropub Classics includes 150 gastropub recipes and is out next week. Hilferty said: "This book represents the food I enjoy eating and the food I love to cook. Rustic French and Italian dishes sit side by side with sturdy, old-fashioned British offerings. It is precisely this freedom that defines the best gastropub cooking." Gastropub Classics costs £20.
Hair of the dog for Rick Stein
Chef and restaurateur Rick Stein has teamed up with Cornish brewer Sharp's to develop a new beer for food.
Chalky's Bite - named after Stein's famous terrier - has an abv of 6.8% and has a "subtle flavour of fennel".
Managing director of Sharp's Brewery Nick Baker said: "Working with Rick Stein has enabled us to produce this very different beer, which combines English methods and Cornish ingredients in a Belgian style that will appeal to a wide range of people."
Good Food Ride guide from BMW
BMW has launched a new Good Food Ride book to direct food-loving drivers around the UK in search of good eating.
More than 100 foodies including Heston Blumenthal, Richard Corrigan, Michael Caines and Nick Nairn reveal their secret places to eat in the book.
Several pubs get a mention: the Lifeboat Inn, Thornham, Norfolk, has the most welcoming fire on a cold day; Badachro Inn, Gairloch, Ross-shire, has the best views; and the Felin Fach Griffin Inn in Felin Fach, Powys, offers the best toast.
Burnley pub scoops banger gong
The Fence Gate Inn, in Burnley, Lancashire, has won the Best Pub Sausage for its pork, leek & KB's black pudding with a hint of sage in the British Pig Executive's Foodservice Sausage of the Year 2006 competition. The annual contest is open to butchers and caterers across the country.
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