Queens Deli Delights
By Hattie Ellis At the cold and wet fag-end of winter, what greater joy than to find a plate of comfort food? Step up, Queens Deli, and its plates of proper corned beef hash. Home-cured beef is stirred together with…
Rye Bay Scallop Week
For the 18th year, local scallops are being celebrated with meals, demos, music and poetry in venues around Rye. From restaurant ceviche to scallops-and-chips, this is the time to discover how to enjoy this seasonal ; Hastings chef Paul Webbe…
SEASONAL SEAFOOD
Coral Spaghetti By Adrian Ferrer The often-ignored scallop corals are championed here. Much like our native crabs with their white and brown meat, the scallop contains two very different flavours and textures. The corals have a truly unique taste, deeper…
Waste Not, Want Not?
Reviewing food waste app Too Good to Go By Pasha Milburn At the beginning of the new millennium and with increasing awareness of the impending environmental crisis, many of us are becoming more concerned about the knock-on effects of the choices…
Potato Cakes
By Adrian Ferrer Despite having Irish ancestry, my first encounters with potato cakes were the small, square, packeted variety found in supermarkets. I learnt that they were best well-toasted, jabbed with a knife to create a larger surface area and…
Good On Greens
An independent greengrocers shines bright amidst a run of take-aways and supermarkets on the Old London Road in Ore. Formerly Carrolls, it has just been bought by its manager Mike Stanbridge and renamed Good on Greens. Its comings-and-goings show the benefits…
‘I Can’t Help Myself’
(from taking another bite): discovering the soul of London Road’s new café Watching my partner gleefully devour his slice of chocolate Guinness cake at the recently opened Sugarpie Honeybuns café, I couldn’t help but wonder whether the Four Tops, when…
Celebrating Life With The Silver Darlings
Hastings fishmonger Tush Hamilton, 77, talks about the past and present of the under-rated herring. He and his wife Pat will be at Hastings’ eighth Herring Fair (23rd & 24th November, 11am-4pm, Stade Open Space, free entry) along with other…
Festive Feasting At Home Ground Kitchen
The Christmas party season is fast approaching and if you feel like a change from the usual turkey or nut roast then Hastings’ new neighbourhood kitchen is offering something different. Home Ground Kitchen (HGK) opened at the end of July…
The Rise of Sourdough
By Pasha Milburn Sourdough bread, with its distinctive taste and texture, has surged in popularity in recent years. However, it is actually one of the oldest forms of bread, with archaeological findings of sourdough dating from Ancient Egypt. Before the…