ReMARKable Palate #247: Catching Up At the Fancy Food Show

This week, I head to the Annual Fancy Food Show, where thousands of food producers show their wares to buyers, chefs, journalists, and gourmands who can’t get enough. Next week, I”ll have a couple of interviews with NEW discoveries from the show, but this week, I catch up with people I’ve interviewed in the past, and see what’s new and how they’ve grown their business since the last time we spoke.

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Here’s the video from last year’s show where I interviewed Isela Hernandez of Kekua: Chef Mark’s Quick Bites

ReMARKable Palate #152: A Powerful Taste of Wales

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Chef Mark takes one last look at Wales through the grounds of the Cardiff Castle, a gem at the center of the old town of Cardiff.

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It’s back to Cardiff for an unexpected extra day of exploration. Chef Mark runs around the town discovering the covered 19th Century arcades, then stops in for a bite at the Victorian-era Central Market.

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ReMARKable Palate #214: The Foods of Wales

This week, I take you back to Wales, which I visited earlier this summer, for a taste of the traditional foods of this distinct country in the United Kingdom. First, I speak with Carol Watts, whose family has been selling cockles and laverbread in the Swansea Market for generations, and then Jennifer Iannolo and I speak with Angela Grey, one of the foremost experts in Welsh cookery, whose BBC program takes her all around Wales to show Welsh chefs cooking traditional foods

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We stop in at the Vin Sullivan Food Company in the Brecon Beacons in Wales, and get a special cookery demo from Angela Grey, one of the experts in Welsh cuisine. You’ll see the recipes we cooked later on CMN, but for now we chat with Angela about some of the special local products made in Wales, like Carmarthenshire Ham, Cockles, and Laverbread.

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Video of our visit to the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire. We glimpse the Welsh Black cattle, and tour the unique double walled garden.

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ReMARKable Palate #211: National Botanic Garden of Wales

While in Wales last month, we got a chance to learn about the great ranching and gardening programs going on at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales in Carmarthenshire. First we speak with Tim Bevan, Estate Manager, about the program he leads raising the Welsh Black breed of cattle, and then we speak with Malcolm Berry, the head gardener, about the unique double walled garden, which produces a number of heritage plants and trees, including a children’s allotment.

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We stop in at The Codfather, an authentic chip shop in Abergavenny, Wales, and we have some fish n’ chips, as well as a taste of Welsh Faggots, Wales’ answer to haggis, served with chips, gravy and mushy peas! Paul Harris from www.seewales.com explains this unique regional dish.

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We pay a visit to Rhosilli Harbor, home of one of Wales’ most unusual natural features, The Worm’s Head, a rock outcropping off the coast. Our tour guide, Paul Harris from www.seewales.com, gives us the lowdown on the site, and then we enjoy a local brew with a great view!

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We pay a visit to a Welsh Country Fair in the Gower Peninsula, the first area of the UK to be designated an “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty”. The fair celebrates local foods, animal husbandry, and equestrian events.

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