Apart from our sallies into the past, we, at Catercall, believe that we pioneered the modern passion for 'themed' cakes. Compared with some of the look-a-like confections you can get today, ours were maybe a touch agricultural, but no one could say that they did not have …
Cooking/kitchen equipment
Blast from the ’70s – and just dig those flares!
My good friend Patricia, with whom I used to run an outside catering business way back in the 1970s, is moving house and therefore having a clear out. Among the many goodies that she has unearthed was an envelope of pictures taken relatively early in our catering career – so I …
Great idea for using up banana waste – banana flour!
Press release from Lund University: The Lund University students were asked to find ways of using these rejected bananas, as a part of their course work. After some brainstorming, they came up with the idea of a flour – meaning they could also use the banana peel, reducing …
3D-printed allergen-free food?
A few weeks ago John Scott sent me a link to an article on Your is.com – 3D printing to the rescue of gastronomy for frail seniors, wondering whether this could also have some interesting implications for allergy catering. Like many of you, I suspect, I have heard of 3D …
Awards, more awards – and Foodcycle!
I am spending this weekend finalising the winners for the Freefrom From Eating Out Awards which will be presented by Antony WT on the 18th November - eek - only ten days away.... So I shall not breathe a word more about them – except to say that even in year 1 we have managed to …