Archives for September 30, 2006

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Equipment surgery

I run a high street pub that attracts a lot of office workers at lunch time. I'm keen to extend my rather basic menu to offer more high-quality...

Thai down trade with tasty soup

Thai chicken and coconut soup For authentic, ethnic-style dishes, Pritchitts advises the use of its coconut cream: it's ready to use straight from...

Farmers' market

Where: Three Crowns, Ullingswick, Herefordshire How it works: The pub took its commitment to using local produce one step further by hosting its very...

Quick bites

l Lyons Seafoods claims to have brought affordable luxury to the market with the launch of two new lobster products. Whole cooked lobster and raw...

More top chefs want pubs

An increasing number of top celebrity chefs are taking on their own pubs to offer customers the best in traditional cooking, according to food writer...

Scottish pubs are smoke out trade

Six months into Scotland's smoking ban, Fiona McLelland finds that those hosts who planned ahead and improved their food offer seem to have suffered least

Landlord ale fan has an ice idea

First there were pies and sausages, then came fruitcake and now there's ice cream made with Landlord, the award-winning ale from Keighley-based...

Sunday best - Pub Roast of the year

To celebrate the great British roast PubChef launched a competition earlier this year to find the best pub roasts in the UK. Jo Bruce takes a look at...

Food for thought

We ask industry experts for their views on the future of pub foodPrime targets As a food consultant, Alec Howard influenced the type of meals served...

East meets West

Spice up your life with some Eastern mysticism - but make sure you're no fusion fool, says Richard Fox

How much for... Christmas dinner

The Swettenham Arms, Dane Valley, Cheshire A choice of five starters and seven main courses - turkey, pheasant, salmon, and tomato & artichoke...

Healthy attitude

British consumer demand is moving towards healthy food, but are pubs responding effectively to this significant trend? Humayun Hussain reports

New Products

l The Authentic Food Company has six new Indian products. Bombay potatoes, aloo gobi saag, aloo gobi, saag aloo, chick pea masala and tarka daal can...

Engineering a top breakfast

It's official: breakfast is back. Many top London restaurants have added breakfast to their menus and almost a year after licensing law changes...

When the chips are down

Very few pubs can operate without a deep-fat fryer - one of the most maintenance-free items of pub kitchen equipment. But choosing a fryer still requires careful consideration. Bob Gledhill explains why

A slice of the action

So, how was it for you? Almost 12 months have elapsed since the new licensing laws were introduced, giving pubs in England and Wales a huge...

Innovative show at Pub Business

Food features heavily in the first ever business-focused national event for pubs only, which has just been announced. The Pub Business exhibition...

Lights fantastic

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance with lights,...

What the Sunday papers said

Permira, the private equity firm, is expected to table a £600m bid tomorrow for soft drink giant Britvic. The drinks company was floated on the...

Quick bites

l Seabay, the UK seafood supplier, is due to launch an exciting new Mini Fish product this autumn. Sold through wholesalers and distributors, Mini...

A class act

The fine art of theatre cooking presents dining out as an interactive spectacle. Simon Knott joins in

Trends reunited

PubChef looks at how the changing consumer focus - such as the increasing desire to know where food is sourced - is shaping the pub food...

Starting out

Having taken the leap from pub chef to co-proprietor, James Burn aims to transform the Crown into a destination food pub. In a new series PubChef will chart the highs and lows over his initial year of trading. Fiona McLelland reports