Food Features

25 top tea shops in Kent

Rating: 3

April 21st 2012

Who can resist a nice cup of tea and a home-made cake or two? Here are just some of the ones our readers love in the Garden of England

How to Make a Family Roast for Under a Tenner

Rating: 3

February 23rd 2012

Watch our video where Suzanne Shaw shows you how to create a delicious, traditional roast dinner for a family of four for under £10

The great cake debate

Rating: 2

January 22nd 2012

Two young mums, one from Tunbridge Wells and one from Crowborough, left their jobs to start up cake-making businesses. Here’s how they did it

Serve up a Smooth Radio Starlight Supper to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support

Rating: 3

January 12th 2012

Get together with friends and family on Saturday March 10th for the Smooth Radio Starlight Supper to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Roasting Tips for the perfect Sunday Lunch or Christmas Dinner

Rating: 2

December 2nd 2011

It is now officially ‘roast season’. And, although chicken, lamb or pork will do, there’s nothing quite like a traditional, juicy piece of roast beef for Sunday lunch.

Toad in The Hole Recipe

Rating: 2

December 2nd 2011

Toad in the Hole made with Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard flavoured batter, served with delicious French Onion Gravy.

Top tips on how to avoid a Christmas dinner disaster

Rating: 3

November 30th 2011

Let’s face it, Christmas dinner disasters are far from rare in most households. A poll just released shows a quarter of us have first-hand experience of something going badly wrong on the 25th December...

Dig for dinner: Allotment plots to grow fruit and veg

Rating: 2

October 3rd 2011

Residents of a Kent village now have the chance to grow fruit and veg on their own community allotment plot

National Fruit Show at Detling on 19th October

Rating: 3

October 3rd 2011

Jim Paice, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, will open the two-day National Fruit Show at Detling on 19 October

Young chefs: Kent Young Chef Award 2011

Rating: 2

September 29th 2011

The Kent Young Chef Award 2011: the cookery competition for Kent senior school students in year groups 7-11

Chocolate! The nation’s best-loved ice cream flavour

Rating: 2

August 11th 2011

Research from Gaggia, the premium ice cream machine maker reveals that chocolate is the nation’s favourite ice cream flavour...

Spotlight on The Plough at Stalisfield Green, Kent Dining Pub of The Year 2010

Rating: 2

May 3rd 2011

Kent Dining Pub of The Year 2010 in the Taste of Kent Awards, The Plough at Stalisfield Green proudly launches our new dining pub of the month section...

Spotlight on Canterbury’s The Goods Shed, Rustic Chic

Rating: 3

May 3rd 2011

For super-fresh food, straight from the market onto your plate, Canterbury’s The Goods Shed is a unique and very special place for dining...

Top tips for buying English asparagus

Rating: 3

May 3rd 2011

Top tips for buying English asparagus...

ENJOY ENTERTAINING THE EASY WAY WITH JO PRATT & GAGGIA

Rating: 2

April 15th 2011

To celebrate the launch of the Unica, the new Gaggia automatic bean-to-cup coffee machine, we’ve joined up with presenter and celebrity chef, Jo Pratt to share with you our top dinner party tips...