http://www.thelfd.com/news/News from the Local Food Directoryen-ushttp://www.thelfd.com/news/rss.xmlokay, so we've been away, but now we're back, with some recipes on a budget.  this is the first one, and it comes from the fantastic Jocasta Innes and her legendary Pauper's Cookbook.  Spinach and Bacon Salad with CroutonsServes 4 450g....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=472008-07-28this is a subject we discuss quite a lot here, and one that comes up regularly in the press.  sometimes local food is seen as the preserve of people with twenty pounds to spend on a chicken.  not true!!!local food, when properly managed is ....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=462008-07-14Independence Day to our American friends.  Not that we need much of an excuse to stoke up a barbeque and eat too much.  All those burgers and sausages are a perfect foil for all the delicious salads around at the moment.  If you get a ....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=452008-07-04 the season is coming to a close on British asparagus, but it's still wonderful.  if, like us, you've eaten it constantly since the beginning of the season, finding new things to do with it can become a challenge.  This little recipe i....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=442008-06-25A Tesco store refused to sell barbecue sauce to a customer because it contained a tiny amount of alcohol and she couldn't prove her age. Claire Birchell, 25, was told she could not buy the Jack Daniel's barbecue sauce which has an alcohol content of....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=422008-06-11It's been busy here with one thing and another.  We hope you caught Lucy's interview with The Grocer, and we're all eating tons of asparagus.  Make the most of it now, as it will be out of season soon, and we'll be left with that woody stuf....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=412008-06-09There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person's lawful prey."  --John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=402008-05-28Jane Shilling wrote an interesting article on food and identity in yesterday's Times 2.  She was particularly concerned with the divide between food and identity created after the Second World War and how difficult she believes it will be to eve....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=392008-05-24so are we.  crab season is here, and with this weather, crab mayonnaise makes perfect picnic sandwiches.  by far the best recipe i have tasted is gordon ramsay's, so here it is:300g white crabmeat1 shallot, peeled and very finely chopped&fr....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=372008-05-07the wonderful gainsborough old hall is the setting tonight for a food history programme, starring clarissa dickson wright.  her first words on seeing the astonishing kitchens were - it's a cathedral of food!  fantastic.  i want one of ....http://www.thelfd.com/news/?item=382008-05-07