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Entries from February 13th, 2010

Spring bargains on the foodie front

February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, French food, Italian food, Offers & Discount Codes, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Wine

Just a quick post on online retailers of good foodie stuff with good offers, in case you need a gift but with some cash left for day to day eating! Here goes: 1. Thorntons have a free gift on offer for orders over £15 between now and the 14th, so a great one for the one [...]

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The Friday Five – Get cooking with the kids this half term

February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Healthy eating, Just for fun, Kitsch cooking, Places to shop online, Sweet treats

I think most places around the country are about to start half term (I know, it seems like they just went back). There is good news, roads will generally be quieter. But homes with kids may not be! So this is a perfect opportunity to get kids in the kitchen and get them busy cooking [...]

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What’s new for Spring?

February 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Italian food, Places to shop online, Spirits, Sweet treats

Just having a quick virtual browse round to see what’s new for Spring for the foodies, and here’s just a few of the things that have caught my eye: * From The Fish Society, a tasty treat for those needing a gluten free diet. Norcakes are fishcakes from Norway that have seen neither potato (so [...]

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What do foodies do in Spring?

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Chinese Food, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie blogs, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, French food, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Kitchenwares

There are very vague signs of Spring: mornings are lighter, if I slink off sharpish it’s still light when I leave work, and there are some small green shoots in the garden. And in the kitchen all sorts of things change for me. I know that it’s Spring when I start reaching for Bill Granger [...]

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Choice chocolate for fabulous foodies this Valentine’s Day

February 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Valentine's Day gifts

Chocolate has had a reputation as an aphrodisiac all the way back to at least Montezuma, if not further, so it seems only appropriate that there is a lot of the stuff being given at Valentine’s Day. For those that a half pound box from Tesco is going to leave you very much out in [...]

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Valentine’s Day gifts for the not so serious foodies!

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Valentine's Day gifts

Foodies come in for a bad rap, about us taking it all too seriously, worrying about provenance. Well, I say it’s worth worrying about, but just occassionally even foodies have lapses into food that is just for a bit of a laugh. And if Valentine’s Day isn’t worth a laugh I’m not sure when is! [...]

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The Friday Five – Getting set for the Six Nations

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, French food, Friday Five, Italian food

I love this time of year, love the thrill of a great rugby game, love the air of gloom and despondency that descends on the household should Wales lose to England (and only if they lose to England). But enough about Dr T, I am making an exception to the Friday Five alliteration this week [...]

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For the lovers of dark and smoky flavours

February 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Courses, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Preserving, Savoury gifts, Spirits

We were discussing my slightly obscure taste in fragrance last night, which does tend to often include those that to some smell like an ashtray. I have an absolute passion for Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford, but can be found sniffing the original Dolce & Gabbana for Men with it’s leather and cigar smoke notes. [...]

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So, what are the most used gadgets in your kitchen?

February 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares

I’ve been in the kitchen quite a lot this weekend, doing everything from baking to cake decorating with Mini Gourmet Girl and making a massaman chicken curry from scratch. Which saw me digging around the kitchen and marvelling at how many things just don’t seem to get used that often, that it’s the same bits [...]

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