Eating local with the Food Assembly

Eating local with the Food Assembly - tastes of carolina

A trip to the local pub yesterday showed me the amazing potential of the food industry and how many people are choosing careers in this sector, with an increasing number of small producers and companies being setup. Eating local is the philosophy at the heart of the Food Assembly, an initiative born out of the…

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Autumn calling: pick your elderberries

Elderberries are naturally rich in Vitamin C and their syrup works like magic against colds, coughs and flu.  After trying it with clove and ginger against a particularly persistent virus a few months ago, I was determined to prepare my own stash for the incoming autumn. I went out early this Saturday morning, and under an…

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Fab Thai cooking class…yum!

Today I’ve had an unforgettable experience, one I am temped to repeat, wherever possible, in every country I will visit in the future. Since leaving London for Thailand, I was determined to learn how to cook authentic Thai food. And in Koh Tao, under the attentive eye of Joey at the Koh Tao Thai Cooking…

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