West Berkshire & North Hampshire
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Award winning craft brewery chosen for the strangers’ bar at House of Commons
Berkshire based brewery were pleased to be on the bar at the local in the House of Commons. From West Berkshire to Westminster, West Berkshire Brewery (WBB) celebrated after Strangers’ Bar, inside the House of Commons, chose their Mister Chubb’s to be the week’s guest ale. Started in 1995, WBB are celebrating their 20th anniversary [...]
Mary Berry’s Spiced Dorset Apple Traybake
As well as being a good coffee or tea-time cake, this makes a comforting pudding, served warm with clotted cream or crème fraîche. I often make it in autumn, when I have a glut of apples.
Serves 1 …
Clos De Los Siete Celebrates 10th Vintage
The Beautiful South – Table 230 – The Rolland Collection
Clos de los Siete 2011 was presented at the Beautiful South tasting on 10 and 11 September on the Rolland Collection table number …
Christmas Leftovers with Atkins and Potts
Bacon, Brie and Cranberry Baguette
Ingredients:
Per baguette:
1 small baguette
1 jar Atkins and Potts Honeyed Cranberry Sauce
A few slices brie
2 slices bacon
Our Method:
1. Heat an oven to 180C. Fr …
Vegetarians and Vegans
Whats the difference?
To eat or not eat meat. . . this is the question on many people’s mind.
The negative impact of animal foods on health, the damage associated with animal foods and the environm …
The Cooking Queen
The Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry attracts over 13 million viewers on the show’s finale and shares with the Buzz Magazine a sample of her life after being encouraged in domestic science cla …
Sticky Parkin
This is a super tasty Halloween or Bonfire Night treat.
Serves 12
Preparation time 20 minutes
Cooking time 25-30 minutes
Ingredients
225g plain flour
2 level tsp ground ginger
1 level tsp bicar …
Thames Valley Skills Show – are you in?
Foodservice Caterer BaxterStorey will be setting out its stall at the Thames Valley Skills Show on the 14th October to attract some local and home-grown talent from around the Berkshire area where it …
The Sun Inn with Gordon Stott
My partner and I dined at the Sun inn on a Friday in September to experience the cooking of up and coming chef Gordon Stott.
The Sun Inn can be found on the A30 between Winchester and Basingstoke and …
Do You Love Spice and Flavour?
The Buzz finds a successful local business producing quality products that our readers will love!
A fascinating visit to the local Atkins & Potts, where INSPIRED DINING summarizes exactly what the …
British Food Fortnight
20th September – 5th October
Name a British dish. Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding? Shepherds’ pie? Spotted dick?
Now ask your child to name a traditional British dish. Can they?
In recent …
Your Apples Your Juice
We provide an apple pressing service turning your apples into bottles of your very own juice.
Drop your apples off at Mole Farm and collect your juice in a week!
Since we started from small beginning, …
No-Cook Orange Cheesecake
Easy and light for a warm summer night
Ingredients
• 15 digestive biscuits
• 6 tbsp butter, melted
• 400g curd or cream cheese
• grated zest 3 oranges, save the segments for the decoration
• …
Egg Custard Tart
Egg Custard Tart
Who doesn’t love a delicate custard tart?
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Serves 6
Ingredients
150g / 6 oz plain flour
Pinch of salt
75g /3oz butter or an equal mix of b …
Spicy Baked Apples with Walnuts
Spicy Baked Apples with Walnuts
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
4 large Golden Delicious Apples
1 splash Lemon Juice
85g Walnuts, halved
1 tbsp Raisins
1 tbsp Sof …
Are you a Chef looking for a Challenge?
Twofour are currently in the process of casting for a new and exciting culinary series with a known TV talent for a major terrestrial TV broadcaster. We are looking to cast chefs to take a step up t …
Learn to cook with Master Chefs
Issue 02: Cassi Kingshott discovers the secret to eating well at home
The Fine Dining Academy Cookery School (please see new links below) is an absolute must for all foodies. For a start it is set in …
Another Idea for that Macmillan Coffee Morning
Red Velvet Layer Cake
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves: 8
Ingredients
120g unsalted butter, very soft
330g Silver Spoon caster sugar
2 large eggs
75g cocoa powder
Red fo …
Macmillan Vegan Cake
Vegan Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
3 carrots
2 slices of pineapple
1 banana
2 cups of almonds
1 cup of pecans
1 cup of buckwheat flour
1/2 a cup of almond milk
1/2 a cup of maple syrup
1/2 a cup of dates
…
Macmillan Coffee Morning
The Buzz Magazine are holing a Coffee and Cake Morning to support The Macmillan Cancer Charity.
We’ll be down at the Newbury Town Hall on 26th September from 10am. Come down and join us for some …