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“Oh My Goodness!” Peppermongers Long Pepper leaves Nigel Slater Speechless. First seen on TV in October 2011 & repeated on Saturday 9th March 2012 – The Simple Cooking episode ‘Spicy & Cool’ features Tom from the Peppermongers not once but twice; 2 cameos at 13 and 20 minutes- count’em. Watch on iPlayer NOW before it disappears… Read More →
There was a good introduction to the world of pepper by Jon Henley in the Guardian today. We were interviewed a few weeks ago as part of his feature on the history of pepper and the growing interest among foodies in different varieties of pepper from around the world. Christine McFadden’s excellent book also gets a mention… Read More →
Nigel Slater calls Long Pepper “The most beautiful spice of all”. In case you missed it, he created a great Long Pepper Strawberry Palmier in last week’s Observer magazine (link below). Not inspired by the traditional strawberries and black pepper combo he replaces black with long – something we heartily recommend, especially with fruit desserts. … Read More →
May came and went in a dribble of bank holidays and lovely jubbleee celebrations. A highlight for us was being invited to meet the Harvey Nichols team and foist our peppery wares on unsuspecting customers. The day was full of surprises so let me list a few here to give you a flavour of our little adventure… Read More →
Introducing our ‘Deli of the Week’ – Bristol’s super douper Papadeli which featured as a major character in BBC1 Mistresses -(we kid you not) and run by the Talented Mr Simon. Sign up for a hamper, an Indian cookery class with Navina or browse their fine smorgasbord of products including of course a range of cracking pepper…… Read More →
Here at Peppermongers we like the good things in life, like; nice paper, good photos and stories about food. So it’s no surprise then that we like FORK – the South West Foodie magazine. In fact we’ve always liked it – simply because it’s one of the best out there, if not the best. How lovely then… Read More →
Rachel Khoo goes khoowayzy in her new BBC food show ‘Paris Kitchen’ – avec le poivre dans la soft meringue avec le biscuit bretonne de pamplemousse avec le curd de citron ; sacre bleu quelle great idea. Encore encore. (Rachel is going khoowayzy here and being all ‘unconventional- et tout ca’ but for us here at Peppermongers… Read More →
Thank you to all the supporters and customers of Peppermongers at our launch in Bristol this week. Losing our trading virginity involved 4 days of market stalls at the Nails Christmas Market, St. Nicks, Bristol. This great market takes place on Corn Street – a stones throw from the original stock exchange where spices were traded in… Read More →
When is a raspberry not a raspberry? When it’s a fruit salad! Tom’s recipe for Long Pepper Cream with Raspberries has been transformed by BBC editors into a fruit salad recipe…That’s no bad thing; the Long Pepper Cream is the thing – What fruit you eat it with is entirely up to you (and the seasons…). Works… Read More →
You probably knew but Sichuan is not a Pepper it’s a place and in that place Chengdu is the main ‘town’, population 14 Million and counting. The person who writes most beautifully about Sichuan Pepper is Fuchsia Dunlop – read her latest food travel piece in the Observer Travel section by clicking here ; Lots of ‘Ma’… Read More →