Whisky is Scottish and given they produce some of the finest malts in the world the Scots are justifiably proud of this fact. There is however, a new kid on the block and north of the border they are not happy. Today the new whisky is due to be bottled and it is causing something of a stir throughout the drinking world because the new kid comes from the St George's Distillery in Norfolk,
England, the first English whisky for 100 years. Guess we'll not be calling in Scotch then.
Chapter 6 3yr old Single Malt Whisky features a label depicting St George slaying the dragon and
is distilled by the
English Whisky Co. which is the first and only registered whisky distilling company in England. The whisky expected to retail at around £35 a bottle and connoisseurs are recommending buying one to drink and one to lay down for 20 years. As soon as I can get my hands on a bottle I'll let you know what I think, for now I am more curious to see how the Scots are reacting, and so far it's not looking good.
More irresistible Christmas cookie recipes from About.com's food writers. Today Syrie Wongkaew from Australian Food shares her recipe for
Chocolate
Melting Moments cookies which are filled with a creamy vanilla icing and then
sandwiched together. They literally melt-in-your-mouth.
From
Diana Rattray, Southern Food
Mom's
Date Drop Cookies a delicious date filling makes these easy drop cookies extra-special,
and they make a great addition to your Christmas cookie list.
Diana also shares her recipe for
Raspberry-Filled
Almond Cookies, delightful cookies are made with a cream cheese cookie dough
rolled in coarsely ground almonds, and filled with a dab of
seedless raspberry jam. Feel free to substitute candied cherry halves
for the filling in these cookies.
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The long awaited report on
British food at the 2012 Olympics was published yesterday. I have already downloaded the report and am busy working my way through it.
In the report, London 2012 Chief Executive Paul Deighton said: 'We want to ensure everyone at the Games has a fantastic experience and key to that is the food and drink that's available - we want it to be affordable, sustainable and celebrating the fantastic diversity and quality of what Britain has to offer".
So far however, I have yet to find out what that food will be. There's lots of talk about sustainability, carbon footprint, waste and local provenance. There are worthy objectives like encouraging children to cook with the
SmallSteps4Life campaign.
But, with main sponsors MacDonalds, Cadbury and Coca Cola what British food will actually be on offer? When I find out, I'll let you know.
A Few London 2012 British Food Facts
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David and Victoria Beckham
David and Victoria Beckham and the Ramsay's are spending Christmas together and Gordon's doing the cooking according to Gordon Ramsay on tonight's
One Show, BBC 1.
When asked by presenter Adrian Childs what would be on the menu for the Beckham-Ramsay get together it will be a traditional
roast turkey and perhaps a little
pumpkin soup.
Good to know they like straight forward British food and a traditional Christmas, though I want to know what presents are under the tree.
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