Food Capital

 Malton in Yorkshire lives up to its claim with sheep and cattle auctions in town

 and new artisan food producers a'plenty - Roost Coffee & Roastery @Roost_Coffee

 Rare Bird Gin Distillery

 Florian Poirot Macaroons

 Groovy Moo artisan gelato

and bakeries - see next week's posts

More on Macaroons

We had the giant macaroons at Peter Jones - see blog post dated 12th April - and now we have Macaron Frappes courtesy of Paul.

You may also have seen the Unifine food and bake ingredients flyer in your Caterer magazine publicising their French Macaroon Mix - mix with hot water for 4 minutes and bake for 20 minutes - and all the colourful things you can do with a macaroon!

Macaroons on steroids

Seen at Peter Jones' rooftop cafe on Sloane Square: whoopie size (i.e. large) macaroons at £2.60 a pop.

John Lewis have redone the servery but its design is how not to do it. Check out the number of coffee machines and how you can pay for a main course and not even see the cakes. Great company but off the pace in terms of great cafes.