Food & Drink

A substantial dish that could serve as a main course as well as a side salad Peel 200g of cucumber, halve lengthways and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon. Cut the flesh into small dice and place in a ...

Drinks checked for inclusivity as campaigners say industry needs more female drinkers The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) is calling time on beers that feature sexist names or imagery at its flagship annual event, the Great British beer festival, in ...

Faced with dwindling revenues from dairy farming, the monks at the Trappist monastery of Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire decided to swap milk for beer Continue reading… …read more Thank you Source: Food & Drink – the guardian

No ice-cream maker, no returning to the freezer tub to churn every half hour. You might not get Mr Whippy, but you’ll get all the flavour and none of the hassle I love ice-cream more than almost anything else in ...

These sweet little penguins have a bit of a kick – but feel free to leave out the chilli if it gets your flippers in a twist You might not expect penguin biscuits to contain chilli, but these do. It ...

By training prisoners to run restaurants, the Clink Charity is helping to reduce reoffending and change punters’ attitudes The Ministry of Justice produced a report last week, showing that the Clink Charity had had a “statistically significant” impact on reoffending ...

How cold should your fridge be? How often does it need to be emptied? And is it safe to keep open tins of food in it? Here is a guide to keeping it cool With a smile and a bin ...

Gregg is truly in the ascendant. And of course that means, according to the tao of food TV, another must suffer. Which leads us to Paul and some unfortunate goings-on involving a chicken … As any regular readers of this ...

There’s something reassuring about a good-quality, old-fashioned neighbourhood French restaurant Soutine is a gigantic mood, as the kids might say. Skirting with modern parlance is an ugly game for anyone aged over 20, but still, of a Sunday lunchtime in ...

When it comes to gnocchi, not all potatoes are made equal, and they must be dry. And go easy on the flour …• Do you have a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com I have tried making gnocchi a few times. I ...