We had some great feedback from one of our customers at the weekend who bought one of our seasonal specials at Sandford – Lasagna alla Napoletana. Based on a recipe from Naples the lasagna is made with herbed pork-meatballs, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes and mozzeralla all in a light ragu sauce. It is one of our favourites and perfect for the spring weather…

Thanks for Jenny Hill and her boyfriend for the feedback below:

“I bought a Lasagne Alla Napoletana from your stall at Sandford on Saturday and I have just eaten it as a ‘Sunday treat’. I had to write to you straight away to say that it was one of the most fantastic meals I have ever had. My boyfriend and I have named it the ‘ speechless lasagne’ because we just could not put into words how absolutely tremendous it was!!”

Thank you Jenny, The Cook xx

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After our success last year winning our first award we have decided to enter a few more products this year.

Fingers crossed for:
____ Roasted Beetroot & Walnut Pesto
Perfect spread on warm crostini or as a mixed with pasta & cream to make a delicious and unusual dish.

_____ Caponata
Based on a Sicilian Vegetable Antipasto

and two speciality lasagna:
_____ Our Autum Special
_____ Pork, Apple & Quince Lasagna
Free range Beckley pork is combined with our neighbours apples, award winning hand made quince jelly and spices to create an unusual autumnal dish.

____ Our Summer Special
____ Lasagna Alla Napoletana
A meatball lasagna based on a recipe from Naples. Locally sourced pork, tomatoes, free range hard boiled eggs and mozzarella are combined a light ragù sauce and fresh pasta to make this deep lasagna.

Wish us luck xx

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East Oxford Community Farmers Market

We continue to love attending the East Oxford Community Farmers Market… it really is one of the best markets around full of really interesting produce and makers. So much so that we managed to convince our friend Roberto to come up from the safety of London to help out on the store for a morning…

Roberto may well be selling our products in London next at a market near the Barbican… but that is future plans…

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What a great day today… sold out of everything… thanks for all our loyal customers…

Check out this great community market for yourself!

Talking Shop Sandford

The Cook xx

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We are pleased to be back at the #Whitewaters Deli in Wendover. Back by popular demand they initially will be stocking our speciality lasagna:

_ Our Award winning Lasagna alla Bolognese made with local beef & pork
_ Our special, Pork, Apple & Quince Lasagna
_ Our Vegetable Lasagna, Lombardia Lasagna Di Magro

Whitewaters Deli

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We are now part of the founding group of local producers based in the Aylesbury Vale called Vale Harvest…

Watch this space… lots more to come over the coming months…

http://valeharvest.weebly.com/

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We are pleased that Colin is back on the road with Products from the CiCi CoCo Kitchen. Whatever the weather Colin is collecting and delivering local produce. If you live in Bourne End, Beaconsfield, Marlow and Maidenhead give him a call…

Get order form from his site www.purely-local.co.uk

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We are now taking orders for Christmas, some of our friends order larger 6 or 8 portions to use over the festive season. We thought it was a good idea so have started taking more orders. Everything is freshly cooked so you can pop it in the freezer and get it out over the holidays on the day that you want an easy dinner or lunch.

1,2, 6 or 8 portions or any combination of  lasagna are available. It is £3.95 a portion as we ask for a £10.00 returnable deposit for the ceramic lasagna dishes for the 6 or 8 portion sizes. There are three ways to order:

01. East Oxford Farmers Market – We will be at the #EastOxfordFarmersMarket on Sat 3rd and will be bringing the orders along to the market on Christmas Eve. www.eastoxfordmarket.org.uk

02. Order for collection at the  Sandford-On-Thames Talking Shop on Saturdays. You can order by either emailing orders.talkingshop@gmail.com or calling Abi on 01865774661. www.talkingshopsandford.wordpress.com

03. Drop us an e-mail thecook@cici-coco.com or give us a call 01844 290482 and place you order and we will sort out a way of getting the lasagna to you.

Have a great Christmas and hope to see you at one of the markets…

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Saturday saw our first visit to the Sandford Food Market… it was a great day and we met lots of fellow food fans. We sold out of our lasagnas at the show and are now introducing an ordering system in partnership with the market.

Orders can be placed with Abi at orders.talkingshop@gmail.com by Tuesday and then the dishes will be ready to be picked up in the Saturday. Find out more about ordering and other delicious food available at the Sandford Market website by clicking here.

We have also introduced a new idea for larger orders. 6 or 8 portions can be ordered from the market and they will be supplied in oven proof ceramic dishes. For a deposit you can cook your dish at home and then return the dish to next week. Saves on packaging and so is good for the environment and good for the taste.

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