Just a quick one for those of us likely to get involved in street party or TV party baking for the two big events this year. Cake Craft Shop have a special Olympic and Jubilee section for cake decorations, and some great stuff to choose from. Might be worth stockpiling now before everyone gets themselves [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Baking'
Getting ready for Jubilee & Olympic baking
January 19th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts
Measuring cups that earn their keep
December 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares
When I wrote about the gifts I was really proud of from Boots this year, I had no idea that the most popular would be Rosie’s Measuring Cups. So popular that by now they are about as rare as hen’s teeth. Now, if someone has their heart set on them, then I would ring Boots [...]
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Giving the gift of learning
November 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, Bread, Christmas foodie gifts, Cider, Courses, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Meat treats, Places to shop online
Gifts can be all sorts of things. Lets face it, they can be mediocre, they can be laughable, they can be things you hope never to see again. Or they can be joyous, surprising, laugh out loud fabulous and memorable for years to come. And for me, giving someone the gift of a new skill, [...]
Tags:cooking courses·Divertimenti·Food Safari·knife skills·The School of Artisan Food
The Friday Five – Cookbooks for Real Men
November 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Baking, BBQs, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Meat treats
This post was inspired by @DineHard and a tweet about considering giving away a copy of The Playboy Gourmet in the cookbook swap that @PumpkinandMice is organising. So here’s five for men who are men who happen to like to cook. The Playboy Gourmet – a 1970s epic, that somehow has not been [...]
The Friday Five – Not taking cookbooks too seriously
November 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Breakfast, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Just for fun, Kitsch cooking
I wrote a post before about cookbooks from different characters, like Snoopy and Harry Potter, and I’ve come across a few more, but with more of a film and TV theme, that I thought were fun, and would be conversation starters with anyone browsing your cookbook shelves. They might even have some pretty decent recipes [...]
Tags:Bewitched·It's a Wonderful Life·Pulp Fiction·Star Wars·Twilight
What can Amazon deliver for foodies this Christmas?
November 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I’ve written before about trying to find gifts for food lovers beyond books at Amazon, given their ever expanding number of categories. Well, yesterday their Christmas shop opened, and I was interested to see a whole section devoted to gifts for foodies. Would you? Well, some are not bad at all, although obviously some are [...]
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Firing up for Christmas at Firebox
October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, BBQs, Beer & Lager, Champagne, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Just for fun, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online
Firebox is one of those great internet businesses that has lasted the course, and just keeps getting better. I’ve written before about some great choices from them, and here’s my choice of some of them for this Christmas: Chocolate pizzas have been around for a couple of years, so this is a nice [...]
Tags:cake stands·chocolate pizza·Darth Vader·Firebox·New Zealand chocolate·Sagaform
Hurray for National Baking Week!
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Cooking with Kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do
You might have gathered by now that I’m pretty keen on baking. I’ve written about the a to z of cookies, and unusual cake tins that I’m still not quite sure about. I’ve written about cake in far off places, and cake being at the heart of what it means to be home for [...]
Santa’s little helpers for your homemade goodies
October 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Kitchenwares, Make your own, Places to shop online, Preserving, Sweet treats
I think we all know, and can feel it’s been a tough year, and belts are a notch tighter. And now Christmas is just around the corner. So how do we still give great gifts and keep the bank manager on side come January? DIY. I know I wrote about this last year as well, [...]
Tags:Christmas foodie gifts·homemade gifts·Jam Jar Shop·Meri Meri
The Friday Five – A week of weeks
October 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Herbs & Spices, Indian Food, Ingredients
Gosh, it’s a busy old week this week. It is National Curry Week. Chocolate Week. Egg Week. And just to top it off, cake week. And next week is National Baking Week. You’d have thought there were enough weeks in the year to have these better spread out, but no idea how they get decided [...]
Tags:Michel Roux·Paul A. Young·Sky High Cakes·Three Sisters Indian Cookbook
