Resisted a title involving the words kneading and dough, but as it’s Real Bread Maker Week there could really only be one subject: Dough by Richard Bertinet – one of my favourites, though never watched the DVD. Great recipes, great technique, my copy is quite floury now. The Handmade Loaf by [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Foodie gifts'
The Friday Five – All About the Bread
May 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Bread, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
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Mugs at the ready for the Jubilee
May 7th, 2012 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Tea and coffee
Countdown is on for the Jubilee, and it wouldn’t be a great British event without a commemorative mug or two. Here’s a few that I’ve got my eye on: * Do two things at once: celebrate the Jubilee and know that your purchase has gone to help the work of Help for Heroes. Just £5, [...]
Tags:Diamond Jubilee·mug
Pretty tea packs for a lovely tea time
May 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Tea and coffee
As I try to do quite often when I’m in London, I managed a quick detour through Selfridges food hall yesterday, and spotted this really attractive tea packaging from Løv Tea, which I’d not seen before. This is organic tea, but not from Scandinavia, just the word Løv means “leaf” in the Scandinavian langauges, but [...]
Tags:Lov Tea·Selfridges
Bank Holiday monsoon or BBQ?
May 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · BBQs, Foodie gifts
Or some combo of the two? I mean, it’s surely a good British tradition of breaking the BBQ out on the May Day bank holiday, regardless of whether or not it’s pouring down with rain. So time to have a quick look at new things, fun, functional or otherwise to make the BBQ go with [...]
Tags:BBQ·outdoor eating·smoking
Things to eat, drink and cook with that have me intrigued
May 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Ingredients
Maybe it’s a Spring thing, or maybe it’s just that I’ve had a cupboard tidy out and there’s some room in there, but feeling that there’s a need to try some new (or at least new to me things). These are the things that I’m thinking I need to experiment with: Pumpkin Oil – [...]
Tags:Burmese curry·Pumpkin Oil
Time to dry up for the Jubilee
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts
When I wrote my first post about some of the good stuff I’d spotted for the Jubilee, I did write that I was surprised that at that time To Dry For had no teatowels for the occasion, having stocked such a great one for the Royal Wedding last year. Well, as you can see, they [...]
The Friday Five – Best of British
April 27th, 2012 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I’ve had friends over from the US and France this week, and the conversation over a good dinner turned to the state of British cooking. Of course, the charming Frenchman was still very reticent about whether or not dinner could possibly be good, whereas the Amercans were blown away. And then breakast at Canteen convinced [...]
Tags:British Food·Canteen
Tunnocks Calorie Free Caramel Wafer!
April 25th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Foodie gifts, Just for fun
Of course it’s too good to be true, but I saw this beautiful cushion yesterday when a colleague brought it in for a show and tell. The theme was things that make us smile, and this cushion certainly did that! Designed by Nikki McWilliams, it’s just one of a range of biscuit inspired goodies. [...]
Tags:Tunnocks
Time for smoked fish
April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts
Just a quick one as I can’t personally vouch for the site, but Hebridean Seafresh contacted me on Twitter and I thought they had a great range of fish. They work with small independent producers in and around the Outer Hebrides, which is a great thing to be doing in an area that I imagine [...]
The Friday Five – Cook Books to Stroke
April 20th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
On a rare trip into town, I found myself in the cookery section at Waterstones, a not infrequent stop. Browsing the shelves, I saw one of the most beautiful cookbooks ever. But not one that you could ever put into an actual kitchen and cook from, definitely a looking book, not a cooking book. And [...]
Tags:Maggie's Harvest·Noma
