One of my favourite picnic nibbles is Scotch eggs. Not the mass produced ones, dry and with a grey egg rattling around inside, but luscious moist homemade Scotch eggs.

Since my last foray into pasta making, I have been dying to try it out again. But this time I fancied trying ravioli instead of tagliatelle.

We take a look at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s address to Tesco shareholders in support of Resolution 17 at the Tesco PLC AGM – 27/06/08

Reasons for Sunday Brunch: We had a BBQ last night = lots of leftover food, very late night, getting up past any reasonable hour to call your first meal a breakfast!

The latest news from the Chicken Out camp with details of Hugh’s resolution to Tesco’s and how he managed to raise the cash for their £86,888 bill!

I was happily catching up on my news and I came across an article in the Guardian which literally made my chin drop! The opening lines of the article: Cloned animals and their offspring have been declared safe to eat; in a matter of months their meat will be on sale in the US.

The Chicken Out campaign is making a real difference! Take a look at this great update from HFW…

Bangers and mash, crispy bacon butties and ham sandwiches could soon become a luxury if you want to eat British pork. Today saw a contingency of British pig farmers descend on Whitehall to submit a 13,000-signature petition. The ‘Save Our Bacon’ campaign has been organised to call for help with the crisis threatening the pig farming industry.

We’ve received exciting updates about the Chicken Out campaign!

News from Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall

I thought you’d like to know that I’m going to be a guest on Jonathan Ross’ TV show on Friday (Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, BBC1 at 10.40pm, 30th November) – and I’ll be asking him, his audience and friends to sign up to the campaign.

I confess! Until this week we have not been eating a lot of free-range chicken, eggs yes, chicken no. But as of the moment I read the Chicken Out campaign, I knew that I supported the cause and therefore would only eat free-range from now on.

On Saturday we bought a free-range chicken and various veg at our local Farmer’s Market, all in preparation for a delicious Sunday roast.

I’ve been a “Friend” of River Cottage for quite some time now and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is one of my all time food heroes. I whole-heartedly support his commitment to self-sufficiency and his desire to teach and inform on the subject. I had the opportunity to hear him speak at a local venue in Brighton, where he not only spoke about self-sufficiency, but also discussed his feelings on organic and free-range farming and supporting locally produced foods.