Just a quick one to say the Observer Food Monthly Awards are now open for nominations, and it’s a great award for any restaurant to get involved in. The fact that all of us can have a say means that your local restaurant can be nominated just as easily as the Fat Duck. It’s not [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Foodie blogs'
Let your fave restaurants and blogs have a moment to shine!
April 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie blogs, Foodie things to do
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
Grow hotter this summer
March 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Herbs & Spices
Nothing to do with my age and early onset of hot flushes, but more a great resource for those of you fancying growing your own chillies. Or, in my case, great source for a gift for someone who likes it hot! Sow Chillies has one of the most comprehensive ranges of chilli seeds I have [...]
Tags:beetroot·Bulgarian Carrot·chillies·Numex Big Jim·Sow Chillies
The Friday Five – For the love of food and Paris
February 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Courses, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, French food, Friday Five, Places to eat
Been feeling jealous recently, as lots of friends and colleagues seem to have been heading off to Paris for a few days R&R. I don’t even particularly love Paris, but I even them the food possibilities! And then killing time in Foyles at St Pancras, I found a few food guides to Paris, that made [...]
Sky high praise for Sky High Cakes
July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Sweet treats
Last week was a busy baking week, getting ready for BFF’s big birthday, which required a big and tasty cake. I knew exactly which cookbook I wanted to bake from: Sky High Cakes. I bought this book purely because I had drooled over the results that Ed Kimber had shown on his blog, He Eats. [...]
Tags:3 tier cakes·Baking·home baking·Sky High Cakes·Special occasions
What are you doing this weekend?
June 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Places to eat
Me, I shall be exhibiting some very bad dance moves under the influence of half a shandy at Party in the Park. Which is a serious dent in my foodie credentials (not to mention cool rating) as I guess I should have been heading to Taste of London. And having read Niamh’s review of her [...]
Tags:Bentley's·Chocolate·Eat Like a Girl·eating out·Ingredients·Munchy Seeds·Nudo·olive oil·Paul A. Young·Taste of London·The Modern Pantry·Tom's Kitchen
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 [...]
Tags:allotments·Bill Granger·Chinese New Year·Cookbooks·French food·Grow your own·pancakes·Pierre Herme·Seeds of Italy·Shrove Tuesday·Spring·vegetable growing
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
Not yet in two places at once!
November 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie blogs, Uncategorized
No post from me on here today (although Twitter followers will find photographic evidence of Dr T’s black eye in my tweets!) as I am returning a favour. A few weeks ago, English Mum gave us her 5 favourite old farts, or the cookbooks by them, and today I am starting her Christmas countdown with [...]
The Friday Five – a guest star and her old farts
October 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
Depending on how you arrived at reading these pages, you may or may not know that I’m a big Twitter fan. Actually, Dr T says I have been wittering for years so it was a natural step. Anyway, one of the things I love about it is the great people I have met, and I’m [...]
Tags:British favourites·Cookbooks·Elizabeth David·English Food·English Mum·Floyd on Italy·Foodie gifts·Good Housekeeping·Italian food·Jane Grigson·Keith Floyd·Mrs Beeton·twitter
