Glastonbury is underway, so after the recent hot spell that pretty much guarantees that the 100,000-plus people who attend the festival will find themselves drenched and bogged down in mud by the end of it. It’s hard to believe that the first festival took place in 1970 with just one act, T-Rex, who actually replaced […]

There are two great national food awareness days this week so we thought we would give you two for the price of one. British Sandwich Week is running at the same time as National Vegetarian Week, which is perfect as the two go hand in hand.

It’s National Doughnut Week. If you are a regular reader of this blog you will know we’re big fans of food ‘awareness’ weeks in the SK kitchen as it gives us chefs an excuse, not that we ever need one, to be creative. Unlike some events that are so obviously manufactured to help big companies […]

If you like Star Wars, yesterday would have been your day (May the 4th Be with you), but whilst we are big fans of the movies (apart from Phantom Menace of course!) we prefer to celebrate Cinco de May0. (5th of May). That’s because Mexican food is one of the staples in the SK kitchen.

We are still enjoying Great British Beef Week (GBB) here in the SK kitchen this time with shorthorn beef. We couldn’t let the occasion pass without giving you a little inspiration for a tasty and seasonal bank holiday Sunday (or any day) roast. It’s also a fitting tribute to mark the end of GBB week for 2017. […]

We have been enjoying Great British Beef Week here in the SK kitchen. It’s one of the meats we use most and if you are a customer at one of the UK’s biggest supermarkets, the chances are that you have eaten one of our dishes. Beef burritos and chilli beef muffins are just two examples. […]

Easter may not quite be the same as Christmas when it comes to eating, but it’s not far behind as far I am concerned. There’s certainly no other time in the year when you will eat as much chocolate. Is it me, or are Easter eggs getting bigger? In my day, you got a small […]

So, on Shrove Tuesday, what sort of pancakes will you be eating today? Call me old fashioned, but I like to keep it simple. That means, a bit of lemon juice and some sugar. But given we are all about the savoury here in the SK kitchen, it would be remiss of me not to […]

On Yorkshire Pudding Day, why, we ask, is there still no EU protected status for this simple (if you know how to cook them that is!) dish? Melton Mowbray pork pies, Stornoway black puddings, Cumberland sausage, Jersey royal potatoes and Cornish clotted cream all have this status, which means it must be produced in the […]