The Real Food Blog

We now supply a range of Mangalitza pork products in our shop. The pork steaks are out of this world and the bacon is so special. We also have lardo, which is a cured pork fat that you slice and cook like bacon. Utterly fantastic! 

Quality black pudding used to be difficult to find as all blood was pasteurised and dried before use. This kind of processing denatured the qualities that had been enjoyed for so many generations. The texture and flavour suffered. 

We now have a wonderful blood sausage made with fresh blood collected from pigs that have been used for meat close by to this artisan producer. Buy here.

A beautiful body, radiant skin, strong muscles and joints – the feeling of being much younger and healthier than it can be according to the birth cohort: Who doesn’t dream of it? In recent times, collagen, a substance that is...

Don't come to Christmas dinner empty-handed! Prepare pretty jars of duck liver pate yourself and flavour them with coarse grey salt from Guérande and spices: Try an Asian mix with Sichuan pepper and armagnac or an Alsatian mix with black pepper, juniper berries and Riesling, or even mix of 5 spices (anise, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and black pepper)… anything goes!

Oysters are considered by eminent scientists and physicians to be THE most nutritious food on the planet. WHAT IS OysterMax and what are the benefits? OysterMax has very high levels of trace elements which contribute to the maintenance of many...

Over the last few decades there has been a creeping erosion of our human rights and freedoms. Successive UK governments have introduced legislation that has diluted protections for civil liberties and fundamental rights. Between 1997 and 2010, the Labour party...