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Pocket Bakery at Fortnums - The Specifics
Tuesday, 12th March 2013
If you're in the West End and have a moment, come and see me, my son Jack and the Pocket Bakery popping up at Fortnum & Mason for the next 2 weeks (11th-24th March). Read more...
The Pocket Bakery at Fortnums
Tuesday, 22nd January 2013
We are very excited to announce that for two weeks the Pocket Bakery will pop-up on the first floor at Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly, W1. Also, The Pocket Bakery reopens at the Doodle Bar on February 8. Read more...
Pocket Bakery Update
Monday, 7th January 2013
The Pocket Bakery at the Doodle Bar is currently closed... Read more...
Pocket Bakery open at the Doodle Bar, SW11
Tuesday, 10th July 2012
From 12 noon - 3pm every Friday the Pocket Bakery now sells fresh pies, tarts and cakes in its pop up shop Read more...
Demand for Local Produce
Thursday, 31st May 2012
I was interviewed recently by a journalism student and food blogger who was creating a short video news feature... Read more...
Tasting the 'Papple'
Thursday, 24th May 2012
Rose was on Radio 4's World at One this week tasting the 'Papple' - an extraordinary apple and pear hybrid fruit. Read more...
A Question of Waste
Wednesday, 16th May 2012
Rose was on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show today discussing kitchen waste. Read more...
Tesco's Tumble
Thursday, 19th January 2012
A few billion off the value of the company will hardly dent its huge success, but what turned the customers off? Read more...
Chicory and Arras
Wednesday, 4th January 2012
In Arras they call chicory the pearl of the north. It’s an honorary title for a vegetable that has an unusual story. Read more...
Fenland Celery
Tuesday, 1st November 2011
The soil is an indication of its origins, a grubby barcode that tells you where it is from. In the case of celery, dirt is a sign that the plant been grown in the traditional way; banked up with soil to blanch it, leaving deep trenches on either side... Read more...
Andre Rodary's Duck Lesson
Thursday, 13th October 2011
To waste any part of the precious, well fattened Gascony ducks would be a sin. Every piece of meat, skin, fat and offal must be used. Read more...
Oyster Bedlam
Sunday, 10th October 2010
Heaven is a bed of native oysters... Read more...
Biba Memories
Sunday, 3rd October 2010
Miranda sold me a nail varnish and bluish lipstick for 50p each. Steep, I thought, falling even more in love with my gothic haul. Read more...
Sunday Roast is Toast
Monday, 27th September 2010
Run anything on the fuel it is not designed for, and the likelihood is that there will be side effects. Read more...
Unnecessary Fuss
Wednesday, 15th September 2010
Noticed anything unusual about the people you passed in the street this week? Read more...
