Friday 29 July 2011

Different diets

Breatharian - juicer - raw fooder - fermenter - vegan - vegetarian - pescetarian/pollotarian - omnivore - carnivore - cannibal

Thursday 9 June 2011

Food-related websites in Cambridge

www.arjunawholefoods.co.uk

www.alliance-cam.co.uk

www.allotments.net

www.blackcatcafecambridge.co.uk

www.burwashmanor.com

www.burwashlarder.com

www.cambridgecheese.com

www.cambridgecollegesupperclub.com

www.cambridgecookeryschool.com

www.cambridgefoodandwinesociety.org.uk

www.cambridgecityfoodbank.org.uk

www.cb2bistro.com

www.cofco.co.uk/site

www.cheesestall.com

www.cinnamoncambridge.co.uk

www.cobsbakery.com

www.cocumcambridge.co.uk

www.cottocambridge.co.uk

www.dailybread.co.uk/cambridge

www.farmersmarkets.net

www.feasteast.co.uk

www.thefoody.com/regions/eastfm.html

www.the-geldart.co.uk

www.greenboxsushi.co.uk

www.hotelduvin.com/hotels/cambridge/cambridge.aspx

www.itzcaribbean.com/johnlyons_trinikitchen.php

www.japassushi.co.uk

www.kingston-arms.co.uk

www.ladante-in-cambridge.org

www.limoncello.co.uk

www.lochfyne.com

www.midsummerhouse.co.uk

www.themissingsock.co.uk

www.theoakbistro.co.uk

www.oakleighfairs.co.uk/grant

www.thepuntercambridge.com

www.restaurantalimentum.co.uk

www.theseatree.co.uk

www.tastesofanglia.com

www.tangchinese.org/cambridge

www.teri-aki.co.uk

www.transitioncambridge.org/thewiki/ttwiki/pmwiki.php?n=TTEvents.TranEv#conf

www.urbanlarder.co.uk

www.u-sushi.co.uk

Culinary vocabulary

Two of my loves - food and words. So here's a collection of handy words to describe food. There's probably many, many more. Email if there are any glaring omissions.

A point (just cooked)
Acrid
Al dente (similar to above - crisp to the teeth)
Ascerbic
Astringent
Acidic
Alive
Bitey
Bitter
Bland
Bloody
Burnt
Bursting
Buttery
Char-grilled
Chewy
Charred
Citrusy
Cloying
Crisp
Decadent
Delicate
Delicious
Dense
Divine
Drenched
Dry
Dulcet - honeyed
Dull
Edible
Fluffy
Flakey
Flavoursome
Foul
Fruity
Fresh
Fragrant
Frosty
Full-bodied
Full-flavoured
Gamey
Garlicy
Gingery
Glazed
Herbacious
Intense
Honey
Hot
Lean
Light
Limp
Luke-warm
Lumpy
Luscious
Malodious
Medium
Melt in the mouth
Moist
Moulleux (soft)
Mushy
Nectarous
Nutritious
Palatable
Penetrating
Piping
Piquant(narrow, biting sharpness)
Pickled
Punctuated
Pungent
Rare
Ripe
Saline (salty)
Salty
Sapid
Savoury
Scented
Scrumptious
Seasoned
Sharp
Sizzling
Slimey
Smelly
Sour
Spicy
Stale
Stodgy
Subtle
Succulent
Sweet
Tainted
Tangy
Tart
Terroir
Vicious
Vinegary
Well-balanced
Well-proportioned
Zestful
Zippy

Wednesday 2 March 2011

List of farmer's markets and more in Cambridgeshire

Farmer's markets in the Cambridge area

Cambourne - every third Friday of the month

Cambridge market - every Sunday - 10.30 - 4.30pm

Comberton - every second Saturday of the month -

Ely - every second and fourth Saturday of the month - 8.30am - 2pm

Fowlmere - every second Saturday of the month  - 9am - 12pm

Great Shelford - every fourth Saturday of the month - 10am - 1pm

Huntingdon - alternate Fridays - 8am - 2pm

Impington - every third Saturday of the month - 9.30am to 12.30pm

Linton - every Saturday of the month - 9.30am - 12.30pm

March - last Friday of the month - 8.30am - 2pm

Newmarket farmers' market - Saturdays - 8 - 1pm - May until October

Royston Country Market - Wednesdays and Saturdays - local produce, including fruit and vegetables, cakes and cookies, jams and chutneys, cards, crafts, plants and more - 7.30am – 1pm Corn Exchange, Market Hill

Royston mini farmer’s market - every third Saturday of the month - 12 stalls selling fruit, veg, fish and homemade provisions - 8-4pm

St Ives farmers' market - fortnightly (1st and 3rd) Saturdays - 8.30 - 2pm

St Neots farmers' market - fortnightly (2nd and 4th) Saturdays - 8 - 2pm

Fresh, local and organic produce: Daily Bread, Lensfield Road farmers shop, Radmore farm shop, Darwin Nurseries and farm shop, Coton farm shop, Rectory farm shop (open during summer Maze season - nr Milton), Common Lane farm shop (Sawston), Prospect Trust at Snakehall farm shop (nr Reach), Anglesey farm shop (Lode), Burwash Manor farm shop (Barton), Tomato Farm (Oakington), Sunclose farm shop (open during late spring to late summer season depending on crops - nr Milton), Gog Magog farm shop (nr Wandlebury), Country Kitchen (Haslingfield), Bushel Box farm shop (Willingham), Spinney Abbey farm shop (open Saturdays - Wicken), Longhorn Farm Shop (nr Westwick), Arrington Nurseries and farm shop (nr Wimpole), Hill Farm (Kneesworth), Bury Lane farm shop (Melbourne), Scotts farm shop (near Ely), La Hogue (nr Newmarket), Johnsons of Old Hurst (Huntingdon), Depden farm shop (nr Bury St Edmunds) and Pells farm shop (nr Bedford). 

Waterland Organics (Lode), Wild Country Organics and Cambridge Organic Food company do a fresh veg box delivery service.

Community Orchards - Trumpington CO, Midsummer Common CO, Histon and Impington CO, Milton Country Park CO, Cambourne CO, Harston CO, Little Downham CO.

Lemon delicious pudding

1 oz unsalted butter
4 oz caster sugar
1 lemon
2 eggs
1/4 pint milk
1 oz plain flour

Juice lemon and grate zest into bowl.
Add sugar.
Whip egg yolks and add.
Add plain flour.
Melt and then add butter.
Add milk.
Whip egg whites and fold into mix.
Set oven at 180 degrees and cook for 40-45 mins.