Waterdine Magazine

Ultracomida this fantastic little delicatessen and a tapas bar, was discovered for us, by I think Anthony, my Wife's Brother, some time last year. Ever since then when we travel down to the Welsh coast to spend the odd day or two in the family caravan near Abereron we always try to time our trip so that we can be in Aberystwyth in time for lunch. The name Ultracomida is Spanish in origin, ultramarina meaning delicatessen and comida meaning food. Spanish and ... Read More

When I was a comis chef to many years ago now to think about, it was always our duty to make sure everything was cleaned after service, although in the kitchen, in which I worked we had kitchen porters, there was still a large amount of cleaning involved with the job. I fondly imagined that by the time I had reached the heady heights of head chef or even executive, these boring but very necessary tasks would fall to those lower in ... Read More

Perhaps Gorgon Ramsey is being a little bit hypocritical when he calls for restaurants to be forced to serve home-grown, locally-sourced produce, and fined if out of season ingredients appear on their menus. After all he has built a reputation running restaurants in the middle of London where there is a distinct scarcity of local producers, and at the moment according to one celebrity chef his own restaurants are serving 15 out of season products. The first question must be asked is ... Read More

My new camera arrived this afternoon and although the weather  had been a bit overcast for most of the day almost as if by design the sun came out just as I had opened the box, these are a few of the photos of the garden I took just to see how the camera worked, basically point and shoot at this stage I will take it with me on holiday next week with the instruction book and see if I can ... Read More

In the catering industry, as you know, we sometimes get weeks when Murphy’s law comes very much to the fore, if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong, and usually at the most inconvenient times. This has been just such a week, our problems ... Read More

It was only after we had begun to demolish the old garage that Isabel remembered the Swallows which always nested in the rafters. What are they going to do this year? just imagine how disappointed they are going to be after flying all those thousands ... Read More

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Street cooks are magicians: With little more than a cart and a griddle, mortar, or deep-fryer, they conjure up not just a delicious snack or meal but the very essence of a place.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "World’s Best Street Food", url: "http://waterdine.co.uk/Blog/2008/05/worlds-best-street-food/" }); Read More

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on Friday. The rights to adequate food and freedom from hunger are enshrined in international law as basic, universal human rights. The request was submitted by Cuba, Egypt and Pakistan and approved by 41 of the Council's 47 member states. In a statement, the sponsors said that while middle-class families in ... Read More

THE WATERDINE Tuesday, 06 May 2008 £32.50 Sauté Lambs Sweetbreads with Pine nuts and Crème Fraîche New Seasons Asparagus with Dill Hollandaise Cornish Crab and Smoked Salmon Terrine with Sauce Vierge Bruchetta with Provençal Vegetables and Melted Langres Cheese Mozzarella Grilled Figs and Spanish Black Ham Salad ## Fillet of Salmon on Crushed New Potatoes with Creamed Leeks on Tomato Sauce Pork Tenderloin with Marsala Sauce Mustard Mash and Braised Cabbage Breast ... Read More