It’s been a busy morning here at FGH HQ, with a whole load of cooking going on ready for trick or treating tonight. I decided to eschew the easy option of the bags of multi coloured goo and sugar from the supermarket, and go for homemade versions. This has involved MGG poring over the pages of [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2009
The Saturday Session – all treats, no tricks
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Kitsch cooking, Recipes, Saturday Session, Sweet treats
Comedy photo moments pending
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Just for fun
Not sure if this belongs here, but it does involve both food and a gift, so sort of fits. If nothing else it might give you a laugh. For some reason, Grandma Pat decided to buy us a family photo experience from Boots last Christmas. And as this Christmas rapidly approaches we decided we best [...]
Sending a salami to our boys (and girls) in the army
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Meat treats
Just a very quick note to say the team at Funky Hampers are getting ready to help those with family in the forces overseas get ready for Christmas. They will be doing free shipping for all BFPO addresses from now on, so you can send something like a sweet hamper or a movie box. Jez [...]
Combining two loves: food and fragrance
October 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie treats, Places to shop online, Uncategorized
I think if you’ve ready any of my posts you’ll have the distinct impression that I love, nay adore, my food. You may not have got my great love of food, but for me the two things go hand in hand, as great recipes in both are based on great ingredients. So in my mind [...]
Tags:fragrance·Frederic Malle·gin·ginger·Laura Mercier·marron glaces·Origins·spices·tobacco·Tom Ford·vanilla
Nothing, and everything, fishy here
October 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
I was intrigued to suddenly receive a catalogue from Forman & Field. I always seem to get a very random selection of catalogues, but this one ticked a lot of the right boxes for me. And I did a bit of research on Twitter to see what the reaction was, and what other people’s experiences had [...]
Tags:British favourites·Charcuterie·Christmas·Colston Bassett Stilton·Foodie gifts·Forman & Field·Ingredients·Local food·London cure·Mrs King's Pork Pie·smoked salmon·UK producers
The Friday Five – Baking Time!
October 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Baking, Bread, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Kitsch cooking, Sweet treats
I have to say that I have fallen well short of baking time during National Baking Week so far this week! Writing about it has been about as far as I have got! That, and reading about stuff I could be baking, so it only seems right that this week’s Friday Five should all be [...]
Our daily bread
October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, Bread, Cookbooks, Courses, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Uncategorized
There are a few aromas that you cannot beat when you open your front door, and baking bread has to be one of them. Beloved trick of estate agents I know, but just such an amazing smell. So, as it’s National Baking Week, maybe bread is a great gift to give. If you don’t have [...]
Tags:Baking·Bread·bread maker·bread making·British favourites·cookery courses·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·home baking·Hovis tins·Ingredients·Richard Bertinet
Wine for the people?
October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Foodie things to do, New food launches, Uncategorized, Wine
Wandering through the twitterverse early on Sunday morning, I saw a tweet from Dom Burch, who is head of Corporate Communications at Asda, about a wine that they had created with The Sun. Now, I’ll be honest, my immediate reaction was that this probably wasn’t going to be wine I would love. Dom offered to [...]
Hurray for National Baking Week!
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Bread
The joy never end! Coming straight on the back of British Chocolate Week we have National Baking Week. And if you’ve been reading the blog a while, you’ll know I love baking! I wrote about baking earlier in the summer, the places you need to get to know if you’ve got a baking foodie to [...]
The Saturday Session – Recipes to dine out on
October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie Travel, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Places to eat, Saturday Session, Uncategorized
By a happy clash of events, I seem to have done a lot of eating out this week, which is no bad thing. So this is a quick review of the recipes of the week, and the venues that served them up. First up, Monday lunch was at The Betjeman Arms at St Pancras. Now, [...]
Tags:Betjeman Arms·British favourites·Langar Hall·Red Lion Inn·seasonal food
