Food and Cooking Tips
- Angie Hardwick
- Sep 21, 2022
Monin Winter Flavours: Heartwarming winter drink recipes from Les Sirops de Monin
With the weather turning decidedly chilly its time to start thinking about warming drinks. While tea and coffee are the go to drinks of choice why not choose something a little different. Whether it’s to make at home or to tempt your customers we have a great list of warm drinks below to keep the chill from your bones this autumn and winter.
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- Angie Hardwick
- Aug 10, 2022
Cool Summer Drink Recipes | Monin X Cooksmill
It’s summer and it is warm, this year being warmer than ever! What better way to cool down than to have a refreshing mocktail full of exciting flavours. Forget the boring iced water or predictable lemonade and reach for something special to tingle your tastebuds.
We’ve put together a great range of tempting drinks made using our ...
- Angie Hardwick
- Jul 29, 2022
What makes a good stock?
It's pretty easy to buy stock from your regular supplier. Whether in powdered, cubed or liquid format, it's a quick and easy way to get your hands on an ingredient that's key to so many dishes.
But have you checked the ingredients of the ready-prepared stock that you buy? Are you completely happy with the flavour? Are you looking for more ways to ...
- Angie Hardwick
- Jun 23, 2022
The rise and rise of vegan food
The perception of vegan food has rapidly changed within the last few years, with more and more people either becoming vegan, considering becoming vegan, or just eating more vegan food in general.
Vegan food is everywhere right now. In adverts, in cookbooks and even on the high streets in specialist vegan shops. But as well as being in its own ...
- Angie Hardwick
- May 6, 2022
How do you serve Indian food?
Indian food is one of the most popular cuisines globally and certainly within the UK. Most people in Britain for example love a good curry - be it a mild Korma or hot Madras. For people who produce Indian cuisine for others to eat, there are many things that go into preparing the best meals. How you serve food is definitely key - whether you are ...
- Angie Hardwick
- Feb 25, 2022
What advantages do OXO Pop storage containers offer?
You might be a professional chef managing a restaurant kitchen or just an amateur with a passion for cooking, but either way, how you store your foodstuffs is important.
Finding the right storage solution isn’t always easy. Many brands offer storage containers, but the quality isn’t always assured. Inferior containers ...
- Angie Hardwick
- Feb 4, 2022
Why are they called tapas?
Tapas is a versatile menu option for any bar, restaurant or even home. There is a dish for everyone and the small size makes them tempting even to those that don’t think they are hungry. Offering a tapas selection is a brilliant way of not only raising revenue but delighting customers too. Who can resist a small bowl of patatas bravas!What ...
- Angie Hardwick
- Mar 8, 2021
What is a Balti Dish?
Found in several different languages including Hindustani and Bengali, the word Balti, meaning 'bucket', was originally derived from “balde”, the Portuguese word for 'pail' or 'bucket'. According to scholars, the word Balti can be traced back to Northern Pakistan’s Baltistan, where a cast-iron pan similar to the woks used by the ...
- Angie Hardwick
- Feb 25, 2021
How to Cook Perfect Pasta (A How Too Guide)
Pasta is a food that is loved by many across the globe. It's famous for being a cuisine from Italy, although it has interesting origins that actually come from China. Nowadays, it's served everywhere - from New York to New Dehli - as a popular Italian dish. But not all pastas are created equal! Here's a bit more about pasta and how you should make ...
- Angie Hardwick
- Feb 4, 2021
Pancake Day, Pancake Yay! (All you need to know about pancakes.)
Pancake Day is on the way, falling on the 16th of February in 2021, and it is sure to brighten up the cold winter months for many of us.A history of pancakes
Legend has it that the very first pancake was nothing more than a happy accident. A housewife from the French region of Brittany spilt a porridge mix onto a very hot cooking surface, which ...