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Entries from August 31st, 2009

Looking for Bank Holiday food entertainment

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cheese, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Meat treats, Picnics, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Uncategorized

Call it a hunch, but I reckon there’ll be traffic queues and toilet queues at the grand houses of the UK today. This must be peak viewing day for National Trust properties and other national treasures such as Chatsworth, which these days is less of a trial for children, thanks to kid’s trails and playgrounds, [...]

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What’s top of the kitchen charts?

August 30th, 2009 · No Comments · BBQs, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Naff presents, Outdoor cooking, Places to shop online

I love a good top 10 list, I think it’s a remnant from childhoods spent listening to the top 20 on a Sunday night, waiting for Radio 1 to changeover to FM! I was intrigued to get this top 10 list from Cook In Style, to see what they were selling well in these interesting [...]

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The Friday Five – Being Single-Minded

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Meat treats

Having written about a whole load of tomatoes providing a whole heap of fun, I thought this week’s cook books should be about a single ingredient. And you’d be amazed what’s out there! So, if the foodie you’re shopping for has an ingredient they adore, there’ll probably be a book about it! Here’s a few [...]

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Throw a tomato today!

August 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Foodie Travel, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Places to eat, Spanish food

Oh yes, today you could throw tomatoes with impunity, in the right place. First held in 1932 La Tomatina Tomato Throwing Festival takes place today, so I would think your chances of attending are a little slim. If you want to get sorted for next year, it’s the last Wednesday in August. You could cook [...]

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In celebration of chips

August 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Bar snacks, British favourites, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online

Apparently, yesterday was the birthday of the deep fried chip. Yes, on 24 August 1853 one George Crumm made the world’s first deep-fried chips. There is no record as to whether he tried a Mars bar on the 25th, but for chips we thank him, even if our waistlines don’t. Now, I’m a bit of [...]

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The return of the Hairy Bikers

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · BBQs, Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie Travel, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Outdoor cooking, Picnics, Places to shop online

Worth staying in on the next few Monday nights, as the Hairy Bikers are back. They’re touring around the UK again, and getting to see, and cook, the best on offer around the UK. I feel we have a slight vested interest, as they visited the village and spent the day cooking at the Red [...]

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The Saturday Session – in praise of the burger

August 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie Travel, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, French food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Saturday Session, Savoury gifts

This is going to sound bad, but in the past week I’ve had a burger on three separate occasions. The only way I can hope to keep up my foodie credentials is to state quite categorically that not one of them has been from McDonalds! The latest one was at What’s Cooking in Liverpool, and it [...]

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The Friday Five – cooking with the First Ladies of Country & Western

August 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Uncategorized

This is an offshoot of last Friday’s unusual celeb cookbooks, as I managed to find the full five from some of the greats of Country & Western. Stand by your aga, these will keep you going from 9 to 5 and beyond! 1. Dolly’s Dixie Fixin’s – well, I had to start with Dolly, didn’t [...]

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Christmas in the summer at Harrods

August 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Spirits

It’s tradition really. Christmas always arrives at Harrods whilst most of us are heading for a well-earned summer break. If you feel the need for tinsel, Harrods already have their selection ready for you! What about for the foodies? Well, there are already great hampers, but there are always hampers available, and the current ones [...]

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Foodie gifts as they should be

August 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie treats, French food, Ingredients, Italian food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Wine

After a couple of days of foodie gifts where taste may not be the absolute first priority, I thought it was time to have a break and write about real foodie treats! Really this was prompted by an email from Natoora, rather than continued loathing over the Blueberry Vodka Glass Slipper! I really like Natoora, [...]

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