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By Steve Wilde

The Real Food Festival 2009
May 08, 2009

The Real Food Festival seemed a lot less busy this year, compared to last. But we didn't go on the preview night last year. All the same, there seemed to be less stalls. We still managed to while away over three hours there and we didn't go to any specific programmed events this year. Well, apart from stopping to watch Raymond Blanc rustle up a few things.

Going through our bag of goodies and leaflets here's a few things that stood out...

Starting with chocolate we have Choc Affair. Delicious choclates, aniseed, rhubarb, lime flavours amongst others. And Sam claims their hot chocolate sticks are tasty too. But no online store or list of stockists. The South Devon Chilli Farm make Aztec style drinking chocolate which I think I'll be trying. Their Orange Chilli chocolate was certainly nice.

L'Atelier des Chefs run various cookery classes, rather than courses and the Soil Association also have courses on growing your own food, animal rearing and cooking. If you have the space and time!

We tried a few organic wines and there were a lot of cider producers there too but Bramley and Gage make cherry brandy and strawberry liqeurs, very useful for a couple of cocktail ideas we have.

We bought a packet of Simply Sausages, Smithfield No.1 recipe, which we had with some free Jersey Royals we acquired and they were bloody marvellous. Talking of meat, the Well Hung Meat company supply monthly food boxes. I'm trying to work out if we actually eat that much meat at home to warrant ordering a box though. If you are a meat eater, then the Real Veal Company mail order might be of interest. If the idea of veal doesn't make you go all stupid.

Bien Manger is full of more tasty things than you could shake a... erm, whisk at! We had a nice chat with the lovely folk on the Pickled Village stand, where we stocked up on Bloody Mary chutney. Also had a chat with the chap on the Real Organic Foods Company stand, where we bought some of their Thai yellow curry sauce.

There seemed to be a lot of people selling pesto's this year. The Little Sauce Company and Stark Naked Foods both seem to be heading in the right direction to me. Some nice seasonal twists on an old favourite.

We did some parmesan, parma ham and wine/port matching somewhere but I forget where now. Sam said hello to a cute Jersey calf and there was a very bored looking buffalo as well.

Now I'm off the bed to get rid of the cold that someone has very kindly given me. So much for the old catch it, kill it, bin nonsense then!

Categories: London, Food & Drink

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