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Chinese New Year dim sum
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Elevate Your 2024 Chinese New Year Celebration with Fine Food Specialist

As the Lunar New Year approaches, Fine Food Specialist invites you to transcend tradition and elevate your celebrations with a delectable array of premium Chinese ingredients.

french cheese platter
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The Best French Cheese Selection for Christmas

Are you looking for the perfect French cheese platter ideas for the Holidays? Look no further. Our food experts at Fine Food Specialists are giving you their best tips on how to pick the best French cheeses.

healthy mushroom recipe
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What Are the Health Benefits of Mushrooms?

Mushrooms have long been described as a culinary delicacy. Any ragu or saucy dish will benefit from their umami flavour and meaty texture, whether you buy them fresh or dried. But in the past few years, mushrooms have also gained attention in the health and wellness sector. These foods are rich in nutrients that support cognitive performance, immunity, and cardiovascular health. 

Iberico vs Mangalitsa Pork
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Iberico Pork vs. Mangalitza Pork, A Match of Excellence?

It is widely believed that both Iberico Pork and Magalitza Pork are considered to be 'Wagyu' of the pork world as a result of their superior flavour and lustrous meat. However, what exactly is the difference between these two types of meat? In this match of excellence, does one pork breed excel over the other?

roast mixed seafood ideas
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Mixed Seafood Platter Ideas: How to Make a Seafood Roast

Are you looking for seafood platter ideas for Sunday Roast? Look no further. Our food experts at Fine Food Specialists are giving you their best tips on how to build the perfect platter using all types of seafood.

How to make a seafood platter & presentation ideas
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Cold Seafood Platter Ideas: How to Make a Seafood Platter & Presentation Ideas

Are you looking for seafood platter ideas? Look no further. Our food experts at Fine Food Specialists are giving you their best tips on how to build the perfect platter using all types of seafood.

mini colourful burger sliders for catering
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What factors are included in event catering?

Looking to promote your luxury catering services? Fine Food Specialist talks you through how to appeal to would-be clients and what to consider.

cooked grouse
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Our Top Tips for Cooking Grouse

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Why Wild Mushrooms can be so Handy in the Kitchen
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Why Wild Mushrooms can be so Handy in the Kitchen

There are so many beautiful varieties of wild mushrooms to use in your cooking - the times of sticking to ordinary button mushrooms are long gone! At Fine Food Specialist we work with the very best suppliers to source the finest quality wild mushrooms to add to our extensive range. From spring varieties such as morels, through to autumnal yellow leg chanterelles, you are sure to find the perfect wild mushrooms for your recipe.

Enjoy the simple beauty of Porcini Mushrooms
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Enjoy the simple beauty of Porcini Mushrooms

Porcini mushrooms are highly regarded in the food world, especially in French and Italian cuisine. Food connoisseurs around the world extol this mushroom for its incredible flavour and texture. Porcini means ‘little pigs’ in Italian but is also known as king bolete, or ceps in France. The formal name is boletus edulis and in England, they are called penny buns because the tops resemble crusty bread rolls. Their brown caps can range in size from one inch to up to a foot and they have thick white stalks.

New Year’s Eve Canapé and Snack Ideas
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New Year’s Eve Canapé and Snack Ideas

mixed edible flowers
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How to use Edible Flowers and Micro Herbs