Kokova Magazine

Congratulations to our winners: Debbie Stavert (Cumbria) and Nancy Jarvis (London).

Once again we have been out and about looking for new companies and products to share with our readers and at this year's Speciality & Fine Foods Fair we found a number of gems we felt were so good we just had to mention them. Oats you can drink, the softest of mallow, British cassis and fruit infused spirits - if you are looking for some tasty treats then you have come to the right place.

Wallace & Gromit are whipping up a frenzy from the 2nd - 8th December 2013 - calling on the nation to roll out your rolling pins, whip out your whisk and preheat your ovens to help raise some 'dough' for kids in hospitals and hospices across the UK. Whether you bake cupcakes or cheesecakes, pies or pastries, brownies or bloomers, or your own unique showstopper now is the time to rise to the occasion.

Morgans Hotel Group have announced the debut of Henry, a cocktail bar and lounge featuring an inventive and experimental mixology program at Hudson. Located just off the hotel's lobby in midtown, Henry draws inspiration from the legendary explorer Henry Hudson and his boundless spirit of adventure. Spanning a wide variety of liquors, the cocktail menu was ingeniously crafted by the bar's creative director and world-renowned mixologist Ryan Chetiyawardana, a two-time UK bartender of the year who's best known throughout London as the "Heston Blumenthal of cocktailing."

The majority of rice we eat tends to come from farms in India and Pakistan where harvest is pooled and sold as a commodity at auctions. Traceability is near impossible. However, The Real Basmati Rice Co is on a mission to change the way we buy rice and makes a point of only working with producers who cultivate rice in the most natural way. To those eating the rice this means the purest and tastiest Basmati rice with nothing nasty added.

The Ambrette award-winning restaurants in Margate is to host another 'Flavours of Syria' gourmet evenings to raise funds for victims of conflict in the country. Chef patron Dev Biswal has developed a special tasting menu of dishes from the region with the help of Turkish and Kurdish friends from the regions. The menu will be served on 29th September in Margate, priced at £25 per head, £5 of which will be donated to Syria Relief.