Posts Tagged ‘ local food ’

Inaugural Ingredients Middle East Trade Exhibition Opens

Jun 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Foods, Information

First Ingredients Exhibition in the Middle East to Help Stimulate Local Food Production
Hussain Nasser Lootah, Acting Director General for Dubai Municipality, today inaugurated the first-ever Ingredients Middle East exhibition, a specialist trade event dedicated to ingredients used in the food, Halal food, beverage and health food industry.
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Feeding The Locavores

Jun 9th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Foods

More and more, people are choosing food that didn’t travel thousands of miles before landing on their dinner table. They see it as the path to more healthful food, a sound environment and a better life for farmers.
In 2007, the Oxford English Dictionary approved the term “locavore” and defined it as “a person who endeavors [...]



Melton Mowbray pies win exclusive food status

Apr 13th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Foods

After a 10-year battle, the Melton Mowbray pork pie has been registered for protected geographical status under the European Protected Names Scheme.
The EUs approval gives the pie the same status as Frances Champagne, Italys Parma ham and Mortadella Bologna as well as another local food the Stilton Cheese.
I am absolutely delighted, it has been [...]



Nibbles in the Ribble

Apr 7th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Travel

The Ribble Valley is best known for two things: twitching and JRR Tolkien. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Forest of Bowland - “forest” meaning a royal hunting ground here, as opposed to a wooded area - is home to various rare birds. Tolkien, meanwhile, a regular visitor to Stonyhurst college in Hurst Green, [...]



Go lightly

Mar 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Travel

UK Bloomfield House, BathRobert and Karen Barnard-Weston’s elegant Georgian house is on a hill on the outskirts of Bath. Once the home of the town’s lord mayor, Bloomfield is now a relaxed family home - the couple have five children, five cats and [...]