Gordon Ramsay has some insights to share on local British cuisine.  With the kickoff of British Food Fortnight, Gordon recommends local cheese, local snails, and local organic beef.

"Originally developed in Japan, where it is known as Kobe beef, Wagyu beef is considered to be the tastiest and most tender meat in the world. This is because it is highly marbled with unsaturated fat. The cows are reared on David Wynne Finch’s farm in north Wales, where they are massaged regularly, fed on luscious green grass and even given locally brewed beer, all in the name of producing the world’s most famous beef. Available to buy from Harrods, I like to serve it simply and quite rare, thinly sliced in small portions to best appreciate its rich, melt-in-the-mouth flavour."

It's nice to know that even the cows in England like to enjoy the occasional beer.

» The Times Online (UK)