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Follow the Pattern is a monthly column from furniture maker and upholstery expert (and Home52’s Resident Design Wiz) Nicole Crowder. Nicole is here to show us how to breathe new life into old furniture, reuse and repurpose materials, take chances with color and pattern—and develop a signature aesthetic. Today, she shares her tips for transforming…

A totally tropical slice with big-hitting mango, passion fruit and coconut flavours Mango, coconut, lime: this classic flavour combo is an absolute winner. And smothering each mini loaf cake with a glorious cloud of whipped coconut and white chocolate ganache makes them the ultimate summer time treat. I tell you what: take these cakes to…

Eliminate the fiber, sugar, and weight management concerns surrounding fruit and vegetable juices. Top Featured Tags: – Food Press Release Distribution Service

A salty-sweet treat of a salad with roast grapes, feta and nuts, and a refreshing lime sorbet with extra fragrance from makrut lime leaves I’m always amazed by the sheer variety of fruits that exist in nature, each with their own personality. This lime sorbet is robust with the sour taste of citric acid, but…

Umami may be a force of nature, but our understanding of it arose thanks to a scientific quest that began more than a century ago in Japan. Top Featured Tags: – Food Press Release Distribution Service

A boozy, fragrant custard tart, perfectly picnic-able crumble sandwich bars filled with raspberry and halva, and a tangy blueberry shrub Are berries the only thing to which the word “glut” attached is a delight Gluttony: not good. A glut of summer berries: one of life’s great joys. Whole punnets of strawberries, raspberries or blueberries that…

The new line of Frito-Lay’s signature potato chip is either genius marketing or a recipe for consumer confusion, and Uncrustables adds pizza to its repertoire of convenient snacks. Top Featured Tags: – Food Press Release Distribution Service

No Space Too Small is a brand new column by Laura Fenton that celebrates the idea that you can live well in a small home. Each month, Laura will share her practical findings from years of observing how people live in tight spaces, and her own everyday experiences of living small—from the hunt for the…

With so many furniture brands to choose from, it can be difficult to get a sense of which ones really are all that and which are worth a pass. Things that look great on Instagram might not fit your space, or you might be worried about ordering from big-box retailers if no one in your…

The Perfect Loaf is a column from software engineer-turned-bread expert (and Food52’s Resident Bread Baker), Maurizio Leo. Maurizio is here to show us all things naturally leavened, enriched, yeast-risen, you name it—basically, every vehicle to slather on a lot of butter. Today, an explainer on baps, a bun you’ll want to use to house sausage,…

Opinion David Gumpert at The Complete Patient blog is a writer and author in the “Food Freedom” space. For comparison, you might read Food Safety News to help you make responsible decisions about what you eat and drink. Guidance about lawful and responsible food is not Gumpert’s purpose. We’ve long passed around David Gumpert’s columns…

This old country pub has raised its game. Some will groan, but for me it’s a winner The Bradley Hare, Church Street, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire BA12 7HW (01985 801018). Starters £6.50-£10, mains £13.50-£23, desserts £7.50, wines from £20 If you wanted a single plate of food to symbolise the current state of the gussied-up country…

The day after the completion of the mega-merger between the iconic U.S. company and Ireland-based Total Produce, the newly minted largest fruit and vegetable company in the world went public. Top Featured Tags: – Food Press Release Distribution Service

Two people in Romania have been diagnosed with botulism, according to Agerpres, the country’s news agency. This past weekend, a man went to hospital in the city of Arad and his wife was later diagnosed as being infected. They are believed to have eaten homemade ham. The news agency reported that there was no antitoxin…

A gently spiced dinner and summer’s most fun dessert It is the fleeting nature of ice-cream that appeals to me – the idea of catching something at its brief moment of perfection. In the case of ice-cream, that’s somewhere along the road from rock hard to milky puddle. They may bring with them a sense…

All members except Chairman Gilles Schnepp and the two representing employees of the French dairy company will step down when their terms expire, giving incoming CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique a clean slate. Top Featured Tags: – Food Press Release Distribution Service

An outbreak of hepatitis A infections has been confirmed in relation to frozen mangos. Patients live in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia. It is not yet known whether the products were distributed in the United States. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency posted a recall notice for four products in relation to the…

CEO Gavin Hattersley said the legacy alcohol company is moving toward more premiumization — his latest strategy to increase its sales and outlook. Top Featured Tags: – Food Press Release Distribution Service

Off the booze? Sparkling tea and kombucha make for an elegant change JING Jasmine Pearls Sparkling Tea (£17.95, jingtea.com) The British have been reducing their daily intake of tea for decades – a long, steady decline that has coincided with the seemingly inexorable rise of coffee. But for all the inroads made by Starbucks and…