I was really interested in an article that got tweeted earlier about the fish cooking masterclasses that RockFish Grill in Bristol are running, to give people more confidence in choosing and cooking fish and seafood. You can pop in for the free weekly masterclass on a Wednesday at 11am, if you happen to be near [...]
Entries from January 13th, 2010
Nothing fishy about fish
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Courses, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Places to shop online
Tags:fish·fly fishing·Forman & Field·learning to cook fish·Mitch Tonks·Rick Stein·RockFish Grill·Seafood Direct·sushi·The Fish Society
Quite possibly my favourite sale has started!
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Picnics, Places to shop online
I’ve written many times about how much shopping I do at Not On the High Street, as it really does have unusual and unique gifts for pretty much everyone on my list. Not to mention a few things for myself finding their way into the basket! And now its sale has started, so the temptation is [...]
Tags:aprons·Baking·cake stands·cocktails·Cooking with kids·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·Picnics·Sale shopping·tea towels·Thermos flasks
Snowed in? Plan your veg garden!
January 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Ingredients, Italian food, Places to shop online
Lets face it, it appears we are in the worse winter since God was a boy and sent us the last Ice Age. Which means we don’t have to feel remotely guilty about not setting foot out of doors. Personally, this is the time of year I like to spend curled up with the seed [...]
Tags:allotments·Foodie gifts·Grow your own·heritage vegetables·Ingredients·Italian food·seed catalogues·Seeds of Italy·vegetable growing·Vegetables
The Saturday Session – Dim Sum no dim supper
January 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Chinese Food, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Recipes, Saturday Session
I love dim sum, and trips to London always tend to include finding somewhere to indulge in great dim sum. This week was New World on Gerrard Place, which is fantastic for that full-on traditional dim sum experience with trollies madly dashing around the room. Then there are great modern versions of dim sum, with [...]
Tags:Chinese cooking·Chinese Food·cocktails·Cookbooks·dim sum·Ingredients·Ping Pong·The Asian Cookshop·Yauatcha
The Friday Five – Foraging & Feasting with Sarah Fay of Essex Gourmet
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Meat treats
Ah, remember the balmy days of early December? How warm we all were? How soft the ground was? There was I thinking how lovely to run Sarah Fay’s list the first week in January, when we’d all be ready for a good long walk in the countryside. How wrong could I be? But in preparation [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·Essex·Foodie gifts·foraging·Game·home winemaking·Ingredients·Mark Hix·mushrooms·seasonal food·The Wild Food Year Book·wild food
More temptations in the sales for foodie gifts
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Offers & Discount Codes, Places to shop online, Uncategorized
A few more sales have popped up, with some good choices for foodie gifts at better prices. Just remember nothing is a bargain if you don’t want or need it, or won’t absolutely love it, or it won’t invoke the same feelings in the recipient. Here’s a few choices from me: 1. Emma Bridgewater – [...]
Tags:aprons·Cath Kidston·credit crunch gifts·Emma Bridgewater·Foodie gifts·Gadgets·homewares·Pedlars·Sale shopping·tea·tea towels
Eating up the leftovers
January 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Recipes, Uncategorized
I imagine ours is not the only post Christmas fridge with a whole heap of leftovers to work thr0ugh, and actually their part of my New Year’s resolution. There are some awful stats around each household throwing away between £420 and £610 worth of good food every year, all going into landfill. And this year, [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·Cooking with kids·Food trends·Gastrokid·Lakeland·Ministry of Food·Using up leftovers
The Friday Five – My no go to cookbooks for the year
January 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
Here we are, 1st January, new decade and all that. Everyone will be buzzing with resolutions, or perhaps their heads will just be buzzing. Everyone will be wanting to weigh less, do more, give things up etc. Well, I am resolving to do more by reaching to the far flung corners of the bookshelves, to [...]
