Issue 8 - April 29th 2008 - From my kitchen to yours - The Winners issue!

Hello, and if you’re a first-time reader, welcome to the ‘From my kitchen to yours’ newsletter!

In this edition we have three main topics for your enjoyment.

• A delightfully delicious and colourful new recipe.
• Feedback from our newsletter survey.
• And the winners of our anniversary prize draw are announced!
  

So, without further ado, let’s get started!

If you are asking who took a spoonful from this delicious dessert, well, look no further… it was me!

By simply looking at this picture you can understand how fantastically tempting this dessert is.

Flawless, smooth, vanilla-scented cream followed by a vibrant fucsia wine sauce enriched by deep purple fruity berry bites.

Hmmm! Heaven!

In my defence, if I must, I can say that:

1) I cook only what I like.

2) I personally take the pictures of my food.

3) There are only so many shots that I can take of a wonderful looking panna cotta without falling into temptation…

I love preparing panna cotta because once you have mastered the technique to beautifully cook the cream and agar agar together you can add nearly any sweet or even savoury flavour to it and end up with a magnificent dessert or a delicate, unique starter.

Click here for the full recipe and instructions

Thank you very much to everyone who took part in our newsletter survey from our last issue.

If you would like to see the results feel free to check out the results page.

If you weren’t able to leave your feedback last time I will leave access to the survey page open for a few more days. Please do feel free to share your thoughts!

First of all, it’s heartening that your feedback was indeed so positive. As Nicky Walker wrote:

“It really reflects the ambience and quality of your cafe - its like being there when you are not able to be.”

That said, and thanks also to your feedback we intend to make some changes to further improve your experience of receiving and enjoying the newsletter.

First of all, it seems the majority of you would prefer us to send out a single, monthly edition which contains more in-depth content such as recipes, articles, news and special offers, rather than shorter, weekly editions.

Fortunately this fits in well with our aim to produce a monthly magazine full of recipes and lifestyle ideas, available both in print and online.

Does that sound interesting…?

For the time being, however, we will publish the ‘From my kitchen to yours‘ newsletter no more than twice a month.

Stay tuned for future developments, however!

And don’t forget, you have a few days left if you’d like to have your say…

Perhaps we should have expected it, but there has been tremendous interest in these exclusive and valuable prizes, some of which are not available to buy in the UK, or indeed anywhere else!

Unfortunately there can be only three winners. So, in traditional reverse order, here they are…

Third Prize was a Bialetti ‘Cuor di Moka’ Espresso-maker (imported from Italy and not available in the UK).

And the winner is… Mrs Maureen Fletcher

Second Prize was a Bialetti ‘Mukka Express’ Cappuccino-maker (UK retail price £50).

And the winner is… Mrs Almut Vonna-Michel

First Prize was an exclusive gift courtesy of Illycafé - a Limited Edition, Collectors Crystal 6-piece Cup and Saucer Set!

And the winner is… Mrs Lesley O’Connor

Congratulations to you all!