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How to Improve Your Food Photography Using Lightroom Presets

Someone taking a photo of a fresh food arrangement on their iphone

Food photography has become a key ingredient in successful food blogging, social media marketing, and even restaurant promotion. Whether you’re shooting flat lays of your home-cooked creations or snapping street food on the go, editing can take your images from average to appetite-inducing. One of the easiest and most effective ways to elevate your shots […] Read more…

Which Manuka Honey Is Best?

A bowl of porridge topped with blackberries and Manuka honey on a wooding chopping board, next to a jar of Manuka honey, some fresh blackberries and a wooden honey drizzler

Discover where Manuka honey comes from and hear about its unique natural benefits, as well as how to work out which Manuka honey is best to buy – including an honest comparison of Manuka Doctor’s multifloral (55MGO) and monofloral (740 MGO) Manuka honey. Long before it became a global wellness staple, Manuka honey was a […] Read more…

Gastronomic Spain: Your Online Food Shop for Authentic Spanish Food All Around Europe

A selection of five tapas dishes at Santiago's Tapas in Cardiff, Wales.

Whether you’re craving jamón ibérico, dreaming of chorizo-stuffed bocadillos or planning the perfect tapas night, Gastronomic Spain brings the heart of Spanish cuisine straight to your door. Based in Valencia and delivering across Europe, this online food shop is your one-stop destination for traditional, high-quality Spanish products – without needing a plane ticket. What is […] Read more…

Beer-Battered Crispy Leeks with Leek Ranch Dip

Crispy leeks in beer batter, served with leek ranch sauce and a glass of beer on the side

Crispy leeks don’t get better than this. Try these golden beer-battered leeks with creamy leek ranch dip for a tasty snack or appetiser everyone will love. There are plenty of ways to enjoy the humble British leek, and Welsh cuisine, in particular, makes great use of it. Introduced to Wales by Phoenicians trading tin in […] Read more…

Korean Corn Dog Recipe with Dragon Cheese

Korean corn dogs on an oven tray, with melted cheddar cheese oozing out of one of them. Dragon Mature Welsh Cheddar is visible behind.

My Korean corn dog recipe puts a tangy twist on traditional ‘gamja hot dogs’ with melted Dragon Mature Welsh Cheddar Cheese and umami-twanged gochujang mayonnaise – the ultimate comfort food snack! My first encounter with corn dogs was on a college trip to New York at 17 – my first time abroad. These fluffy, cornmeal-battered […] Read more…