In the late 1970′s, Nicholas Saunders started up “a few businesses in Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden” to quote the Neal’s Yard Dairy website. These companies were Neal’s Yard Whole Food, Neal’s Yard Remedies, the Monmouth Coffee Company and Neal’s Yard Dairy. Seemingly Mr Saunders was onto something as the businesses seem to have taken off and [...]
Posted in Food Heros, Markets, Reviews, Shops on Feb 8th, 2009
In preparation for our Christmas dinner, we embarked on a South London Food Safari. The first stop was a Slow Food Christmas Market at the Festival Hall on the South Bank of the Thames. I’ve heard of the Slow Food Movement before, and had a rough idea of what they were about - promoting traditional foods, biodiversity, quality, taste [...]
Posted in Markets on Dec 25th, 2008