It takes a lot for me to even consider camping. The promise of a huge variety of great food, not to mention demonstrations by some of the greats of the food world was pretty much what it was going to take. Which is how I found myself lugging a tent across a ploughed field [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Chocolate'
Reflections on Harvest at Jimmy’s
September 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Baking, Breakfast, British favourites, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Cooking with Kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Tea and coffee
Tags:Cafe Mor·Edd Kimber·Ginger's Comfort Emporium·Harvest at Jimmy's·Mary Berry·Paul A. Young·Yotam Ottolenghi
Foodie bits and bobs that caught my eye
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Chocolate, Eating with kids, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie treats, Kitchenwares, Sweet treats
Things are a bit mad here at the moment with one thing and another, and so not getting to write as much as I’d like, particularly given I’d got quite a lot tucked away to write about! So I thought I’d just share photos of some of the stuff that caught my eye recently, stuff [...]
Tags:Beekman 1802·Hello KItty
The Friday Five – What the Birthday Fairy Delivered
July 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Food Writing, French food, Friday Five
It’ll probably come as no surprise to learn that my birthday presents included a significant number of books focused on food. No real pattern to them, I guess rather representing my varied interests on food. I’m very happy to find all of these now on my bookshelf: Fat Witch Brownies: [...]
When chocolate gets adventurous
July 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Easter, Foodie gifts, Mexican Food, Places to shop online, Recipes, Sweet treats
I like chocolate, and I’m fairly sure that there are a great many people who would always receive a gift of chocolate with great glee. And Hotel Chocolat is an interesting source, with well defined buying policies, good flavour combos, and traceable cocoa. Earlier in the year they sent me an Easter gift for review, [...]
The Friday Five – All About the Chocolate
April 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
It wouldn’t be Easter without the chocolate, and you may have noticed that I am quite fond of my chocolate! So here are five of my favourites that put chocolate centre stage! Adventures with Chocolate by Paul A. Young – I love Paul’s innovative approach to chocolate, and his brave approach to flavouring. That said, [...]
Tags:Chocolate·Paul A. Young
Easter Chocolate Lovers, your time is almost up!
April 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Chocolate, Easter, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online
The countdown is on to Easter, and you can’t have Easter without some good chocolate. So unless you want to be standing in Asda trying to choose between a Smarties or Jellytots Easter egg then you need to get a move on to ensure you have some of the good stuff come Sunday. Here’s the [...]
Why don’t I love Thorntons?
April 9th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Chocolate, Easter, Foodie gifts, Local food, Sweet treats
It’s been no secret in my posts that I love chocolate. And that I love the area I live in, and am a big supporter of great local food producers. So why don’t I get Thorntons? I mean, they’re based in Derbyshire, so definitely part of the local area to me. And they do make [...]
What’s your number?
April 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Chocolate, Food Writing, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, New food launches, Spirits
I was interested to find myself being followed by Dr Morgaine Gaye on Twitter last week, who has the fabulous title of Food Futurologist. Which is an amazing title, and in my next life that’s what I want to be! Her website and blog are beautifully designed, and there’s some great stuff on here. I [...]
Tags:Food trends·Morgaine Gaye
What’s the Easter bunny bringing your little one?
March 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Chocolate, Easter, Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I was asked if I’d like to review the Bunny’s Easter Basket from Hotel Chocolat. I asked MGG if she’d mind helping…so we had one delivered, as you can imagine! Bad news for MGG was that it arrived whilst I was away on business and she had to just look at the delivery sitting there. [...]
Tags:Easter·Hotel Chocolat
Shaping up the dessert course
February 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Chocolate, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Kitsch cooking, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
It’s that time of year when there’s a whole load of new stuff to look at over at Lakeland. Far too much to choose from, and always a source of unexpected gifts for the food lover, whether they cook themselves or not. So here’s my first choice, for something a little different for the food [...]
