Delicious UK - (07)July 2020

Thefoodietownthatdelivers

ThehandsomemarkettownofMaltonhaslongbeen

celebratedforitscommitmenttoqualityfoodanddrink– it’s

knownasYorkshire’sfoodcapital– butrightnowa weekend

thereseemsa distantdream.Ina bidtotakethetown’sfood

anddrinkofferingstothelocalcommunity,a networkof

Maltonproducerslaunched‘MaltonDelivers’,andsome

traders,suchastheunfeasiblynamedpatissierFlorianPoirot,

delivernationwide.I’veexaminedhismacarons,inallmanner

offlavours(mojitowasa favourite),andI detectexcellence.

Meanwhilethetown’sRareBirdLondonDry(topinpicture),

a ginsosweetandfragrantyoucouldsipit afterdinner,comes

witha distillery-madehandsanitiser.Boxof 18 macarons,£23,

florianpoirot.com(deliveryfreeonordersover£40);Londondrygin,

£37.99/70clincP&P,rarebirddistillery.co.uk;maltondelivers.co.uk

Managingeditor

LesDunn’stwotop

choicesforJuly

Dramfinedrinks

Forloversofbrownbooze,TheWhisky

Exchangeisa hightempleofworship,so

I wasexcitedinJanuarywhenit opened

a glitteringnewbranchnearouroffice.As

I write,myofficeisthespareroomandThe

WhiskyExchange’smesmerisingfloor-to-

ceilingdisplaysareofflimitsbecauseofthe

Covid-19crisis.Itsexcellentwebsiteisgoing

strong,though,andeveninlockdownthe

companyreleasedfournewraredrinksyou

can’tbuyanywhereelse,includinga spicy

2011 vintageofChairman’sReserve

(aStLucianrum;£49.95/70cl)anda smoky

2006 singlemaltwhiskyfromLochLomond

(£64.95/70cl).If a liquidtreatisinorder,

you’vecometotherightplace.

thewhiskyexchange.com

ANDFINALLY...NEWVEGBOXES

M&SOrderonlineandhavea box

deliveredtoyourdoor;thereare

meatboxesandfruitboxes,too.

From£15;marksandspencer.com

DaylesfordAgain,toyourdoor,plusyou

canadda potofsourdoughstarterso

youcanjoininthebreadmakingcraze.

From£15;daylesford.com

SAVE

20%

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TENDER MOMENTS

Of course we love cooking (we’re a food magazine after

all), but you’d be an unusual person if you hadn’t had at

least one night in lockdown where you thought, “I need

a break” – if only from washing up. I sense you nodding.

Have a look at the Field & Flower website, which

delivers sustainably sourced meat and other free-range

produce to your door – including (trumpet fanfare) an

outstanding selection of sous-vide cuts, cooked to

tender perfection, which you can finish off in the oven in

double-quick time. The pulled pork, confit chicken and

lamb rump are supremely tender and flavoursome.

There are subscription boxes of raw meat and fish, too,

starting at £38.78 for 20 servings.

OTo get 20 per cent off your first order*, use the code

DELICIOUS20 at fieldandflower.co.uk.

wish list.

*OFFER ENDS 31 JULY

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