EAT & DRINK

Originally published on Thursday, 20 March 2008

Posh Ready-Meals

We're all aware of the chi chi little delis-attached-to-restaurants springing up everywhere that allow you to take home a taste of this chef or that gourmet nosh, but coming quietly up the rear is a new wave of ready-foods that bear more than a passing resemblance to the microwave meals we've all guiltily succumbed to in the past, only this time we don't need to feel quite so ashamed.

Tom Aikens, in his continuing mission to give Ramsay a run for his money, has cleverly created a selection of take-away Tom's Kitchen dishes for Selfridges. Think vacum-packed beef bourguignon and chicken, mushroom and tarragon pie which comes in a smart re-usable dish.

And dear old Macca may have lost a small chunk of his fortune but the newly relaunched line of Linda McCartney grub may just make up for it. Famous for her veggie sausages, Linda, was of course one of the pioneers of pre-prepared vegetarian food that didn't taste like sawdust and there are now Cornish pasties and sausage rolls in the mix.

You can even watch Macca himself making mashed potatoes on the new all-singing-all-dancing site. Oh Paul, let it be.
       
Cost: £6 average
Web: selfridges.com
Web: lindamccartneyfoods.co.uk

by SL

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