Pierre Ferrand Cognac at chefs2chefs.com

http://www.pierreferrandcognac.com

Na de overstroming van de brouwerij in 1993 stuitte meester-brouwer Gerard van den Broek bij het opruimen van de kelder op een pallet met oude flessen Grand Prestige. Verweerd door ouderdom en besmeurd met het slik uit de Maas. Waren deze flessen het nog wel waard om open te maken? Ja, bleek. Want eenmaal ontkurkt werd Gerards nieuwsgierigheid beloond met een unieke rijkdom aan smaak.

Onze smaakvolle bieren zijn bijzonder geschikt om mee te koken. Met hun eigen karakter geven ze een gerecht iets extra’s. En met een fris glas Hertog Jan-bier bij de hand is het natuurlijk dubbel genieten. Trek gekregen? Kies een van de recepten en leef u uit.

http://www.hertogjan.nl/site/07-Koken-met-bier.php

About Neal’s Yard Dairy

We buy cheese from about seventy cheesemakers on farms around Britain and Ireland and we sell the cheese in our two shops in London and to shops and restaurants all over the world.
Our main aim is to keep in close contact with cheesemakers on one hand and customers on the other and above all to be in very close contact with all the cheese passing through our hands. We visit some cheesemakers very often; I select our cheddars by visiting the West Country every eight weeks and tasting through young cheese to select the batches that will be matured on for us. Apart from trying to find the best cheese available this is also when the cheesemaker can get a sense of how their cheeses are being received by customers.

Many of the cheeses we buy are either matured on the farm or in our own maturing rooms in Bermondsey which are in brick railway arches under the main line from London Bridge to Dover. The insulation provided by the venerable Victorian brick work helps us maintain good conditions for the cheese: humid and cool. A team of five take care of the cheese, turning the cheeses and sometimes brushing or washing them until they ripen.

The mature cheese is sent out to our own shops or in our own vans through London or by trucks all over the world. But our job doesn’t stop there. A carefully selected and perfectly ripened cheese can suffer in transit or at its destination so we do our best to keep in contact with customers to ensure all is well.

The website has taken a long time to prepare and I hope it gives good background information. But it is no substitute for coming into our shops, or shops and restaurants that we supply, and tasting and talking about the cheese.
Randolph Hodgson

For more information about company and their excellent cheeses go to Neal’s Yard Dairy website

Suma

Suma is the UK’s largest independent wholefood wholesaler/distributor, specialising in vegetarian, fairly traded, organic, ethical and natural products.

Suma is  one of the few businesses in the UK that sell only vegetarian produce. You can be assured that all of our products are 100% vegetarian from our sweets to our tooth-brushes. That means no meat, no fish and no animal derived nasties like gelatin or rennet.

Suma offer an impressive range of over 6,000 food and non-food products.

Range of products:

Branded Foods

Top quality foods sourced from well known ethical brands like Doves Farm, to products by smaller artisan producers.

Branded Drinks

Choose from favorites like Fentimans Ginger Beer to organic fruit smoothies or natural fruit squashes and presses.

Alcohol

We supply a large range of organic and fair-trade Wines, Organic Beer, Organic Cider and fair trade spirits.

Bulk Commodities

High quality staples including Rice, Nuts, Seeds, Beans, Pulses, Grains, Cereals, & Flour all available in bulk.

Chilled Foods

Chilled vegetarian foods, including vegan and dairy-free alternatives to meat, cheese, milk, butter, and yogurt.

Frozen Foods

Over 150+ vegetarian and vegan frozen foods. Veggie sausages, veggie burgers, ice cream, desserts and more.

Cleaning Products

Eco-friendly products from environmentally aware brands like Ecover, Bio D, Clear Spring, and Suma’s own Ecoleaf range.

and more…

more info at Suma website http://www.suma.coop/

Unique agar (agar-agar E406)
Unique binder (ultratex 3 E1442)
Unique poly D- (E1200)
Unique enzyme (activa EB)
Unique glass (pure-cote B790)
Unique Konjac (E 425)
Unique Stabilize (E412)
Unique Malto DE
Unique Alginate (E401)
Unique Lactate (E327)

For more info go to producer site…

Unique Products Schuurman

http://www.unique-products.nl/

http://syrianfoodie.blogspot.com/

Food can be considered as one of the reason why every tourist or visitor loves this country. In Syria you will never find one type of food dominant. You can get any type of dish in this mesmerizing country. Although the country has rich amount of Muslim residents, pasta and other such dishes can be easily found here. Some of the most famous dishes served in Syria consist of beef, lamb and lots of spices. The most famous dish among them is the shish kabob. Only the best chefs of this country and can serve you this amazingly divine dish. It takes a total of five hours to prepare, thus only your special order will make the chef cook it especially for you. No wonder people of Syria are its die heart fan and the day you will taste it, you will surely ask for its recipes.

All the famous foodies of the world visit Syria especially to taste its cuisine and applaud it in front of the entire world. Syrian cuisine is mouth watering because its exotic smell makes a person irresistible from eating it. Now let us go deeper in the kind of dishes served in Syria. Makloubit Betinnjan is another famous dish but the ingredients with which it is made are quite different. Egg plant is the main ingredient of this delicious dish. Sauce and salad is usually served with this dish. The garnishing is done so beautifully that it adds to the taste of the food.

In general Syrian food comprises of almost every food item available. Vegetables, beans, fruits, grains, aromatic spices, lemon, garlic and even mint are used in Syrian food. Parsley and mint are two things which are used excessively in almost all the Syrian dishes. So if you are going for a Syrian dinner, then do expect these two components in all dishes. Some dishes are presented very differently and some are made differently. You can even expect some dishes in which you can enjoy vegetables stuffed in meat and vice versa. If you will ask for a very simple and basic dish at a Syrian restaurant then it will consist of mezze, which consists of appetizers, salad, pickles and nuts. If you are planning for a main course meal at any Syrian restaurant then you will find dishes made of a great combination of meat, fish or chicken. No matter what you order, salad and pickles will be served along for sure.

Another tasty dish of Syrian culture is Kibbe. This dish is also a divine amalgam of chicken, wheat, flour, vegetables and off course fish. This dish fried and then served with lemon. The chefs share their experience of preparing this dish and they always mention that Kibbe is one of the most difficult dishes to prepare. Small patties prepared from meat are named as Lahamajene in the Syrian culture. Many a times these round and small patties are considered to as small pizzas. A dish mastered by all Syrian women is sambusak. It is prepared using dough, cheese and meat. All the Syrian women prepare this dish exclusively for their family. They have mastered this dish and always prefer to prepare it of their own rather than spending money on buying it. But for a tourist, these dishes are served in almost all Syrian restaurants.

The way all these dishes are served in Syria, will make you wonder and realize the importance of food, its taste and look for the Syrian people.damascus syria Visit Food in Syria.

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