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Charlie Bigham’s Vegetarian Range review

Charlie Bigham’s Vegetarian Range review

Ready meals done well We became familiar with Charlie Bigham’s ready meals just before I had the chance to review their Grains range for Foodepedia. We immediately liked the range and since then, regularly buy their most common products (Chicken Tikka, Fish Pie).  In fact, I daresay the biggest issue with their really good quality ready meals is the availability. They are really difficult to find! Even bigger supermarkets such as the new Elephant & Castle Sainsbury’s for example, hardly…

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A recipe – Pappa al pomodoro

A recipe – Pappa al pomodoro

A late summer burst of colours Summer is when tomatoes are at their best, as they benefit from the warm sunny days to become red, intense, and full of beautiful flavours that those grown all year round in green houses could never aim to achieve. In Italy, we have some great tomato based dishes in the summer season, and this month’s recipe is inspired by one of those, precisely a Tuscan family meal called ‘pappa al pomodoro’. It could be…

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Prosciutto di Parma Deli of the year

Prosciutto di Parma Deli of the year

Prosciutto specialists All over the world there are many places selling Prosciutto di Parma. Some of these places are particularly special and help to confirm Prosciutto di Parma as a great quality product.  The company likes to acknowledge and reward these places and individuals that continually make Prosciutto di Parma so special.  Thanks to them, Prosciutto di Parma continues to be recognized as a unique and quality product. Antonio Delicatessen in Lewsham is the winner of the Specialist Programme this year. …

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Pasta Evangelists review

Pasta Evangelists review

Pasta mon amour I love pasta, no secret. This blog is entitled to it, and I am from Napoli, where pasta is a staple of pretty much most meals (right, maybe not breakfast). I usually prefer to cook or even make my own pasta, and I feel that is a bit of a waste for me to order pasta in a restaurant because it is such an easy task for me to do at home. There’s so much more to…

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A meal at Via Emilia, Hoxton Square

A meal at Via Emilia, Hoxton Square

Via Emilia comes from an ancient Roman road that still crosses the region connecting the main cities In fact, the menus of Via Emilia, a fairly new restaurant in Hoxton Square, depicts the region itself and such road connecting the various towns from north to south. The region has a number of specialties that made it famous across Italy and beyond from Parmigiano Reggiano to Parma ham, from hand made tagliatelle to mortadella.  Offering just 40 covers, Via Emilia is…

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