Chilli Up North Blog

A few days ago Lance over at Eezee web put me in touch with one of his mates, Paul who makes chilli sauces and jams. After a quick email conversation with Paul I could tell he was passionate about creating great tasting sauces with natural ingredients. The company name Nagi Nagi comes from one of [...]

I’ve just been sent a copy of Ching’s Fast Food for review, after the success of her TV series,  Ching-He Huang has decided to pay homage to the Chinese Takeaway with this new cookbook. I had a quick flick through last night and it looks fantastic there’s plenty of recipes to keep just about every [...]

Last week I got sent one of the best PR packs that i’ve ever been sent, It was from the lovely people at Doritos and Pepsi and was to promote their new Doritos Jalapeno Fire crisps and Pepsi Max Citrus freeze. The package it’s self came in a huge box with super hero survival kit [...]

Last week the excellent A Quarter Of sent me what could be the next hot thing this Halloween. For those of you who haven’t heard of A Quarter Of they are one of the biggest online sweet shops, specialising in retro sweets and treats for the whole family, not only that they are celebrating their 10th [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was sent  a selection of Uncle Bens Rice Pots and this Dolmio PastaVita in Tomato & Chilli flavour. Both are  new ranges from parent company Mars, and I’ll write some more about the Uncle Bens ones seperately. This Dolmio PastaVita comes in to little pots, one containing the pasta [...]

A few weeks ago I got sent some rather delicious Cherry, Chocolate Chip and Chilli cookies (or CCC Biscuit) from The East India Company. They come in a really posh looking tube, that’s obviously Eastern inspired, with the shapes and stand out gold leaf on the sides. The tin with it’s metal lid also feels [...]

A couple of weeks ago I noticed the  tubs of Jamie Oliver Crust on offer in Morrisons, £3 for 2 tubs. They both contained chilli so I thought it would be rude not to give them a try. Basically the crust is breadcrumbs flavoured with various herbs and spices, in this case it was  Chilli, [...]

Last night the new series of Mexican food made simple started on channel 5, featuring non other than Masterchef 2005 winner Thomasina Miers. Since winning the competition Thomasina has gone on to open a successful chain of Mexican restaurants called Wahaca and presented some really interesting cooking shows on TV. The latest of which is [...]

I saw this chilli chocolate glaze while I was in Hotel Chocolat in York, It had been reduced to £1.50 as it had a short use by date so I decided to give it whirl. The packet promises that the glaze will turn any poultry or fish into a hedonistic cacao-fest ,using a combination of Guajillo [...]

This guest post comes courtesy of Ron from www.ronvanrutten.com. Big thanks to him for taking the time to review it, It sounds like an absolute cracker and I’m hoping he makes the ribs he mentions and shares the recipe. In return please follow him here Last week I went to Berlin and found a nice [...]