There is a fruit pie for every season: strawberry-rhubarb for spring, cherry in summer, pear in the autumn, and apple in the winter. Apple pie has to be our favourite, and one we make for many clients, ...
We have set up a website called HistoricalFoods.com to put all of our historic food recipes on. This is a place where our research branch can illustrate and highlight fantastic foods and recipes that we have been ...
The Jerusalem Artichoke, (Helianthus tuberosus) or sunroot, resembles a ginger root, but has a consistency much like potatoes - in their raw form have a similar taste to potatoes except they are crunchier and sweeter with a wonderful, slightly nutty taste. ...
The updated website for Apex Catering has gone live today. We have had a website on the internet since 1997 and this is the latest incarnation. We have totally updated the look of it and several of ...
Too many modern cooks have played and poked about with the traditional Christmas Pudding, but playing about with the taste is pointless, you either like the taste or you do not, which is why it is best to ...
Slow cooking in winter, isn't that what comfort food is all about? This stew is perfect if you find yourself with limited time during the day and are always rushing about in the evenings racing to make dinner, you ...
It's nice to get repeat custom, old faces, remembering good times and a reassurance that as a catering company we are doing something right! Both the BBQ on Friday, for Lafarge Cement UK, and the Wedding Hog ...
02 December 2009
Below is a price list for the following produce: we will only go and pick the fresh fruit and salads, or dig the produce out from the field, when your order comes through, and get it sent either the same day or early the next day, packaged securely for the freshest, most seasonal produce you [...]
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02 December 2009
There is a fruit pie for every season: strawberry-rhubarb for spring, cherry in summer, pear in the autumn, and apple in the winter. Apple pie has to be our favourite, and one we make for many clients, its warming, homely and, if done right, better than any fancy, messed about dessert masquerading as art-food on a [...]
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02 December 2009
Too many modern cooks have played and poked about with the traditional Christmas Pudding, but playing about with the taste is pointless, you either like the taste or you do not, which is why it is best to serve a couple of different desserts on Christmas Day to keep everyone happy. However, we feel at Oakden [...]
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02 December 2009
A lot of our clients are asking us for home-made, great tasting recipes that could be called British ‘classics’. Sticky Toffee Pudding is certainly one of those, and is very popular – I guess people are tired of the shop bought taste that never quite captures the childhood memory of it. However, getting the balance [...]
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26 November 2009
It’s nice to get repeat custom, old faces, remembering good times and a reassurance that as a catering company we are doing something right! Both the BBQ on Friday, for Lafarge Cement UK, and the Wedding Hog Roast on Saturday, for Mrs Wise’s daughter, are repeat customers. Lafarge are celebrating an excellent year of Health [...]
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