It’s two years since I wrote about the food and drinks brands that were being recognised as “cool”. It looks like my general gist from the post was that I wasn’t particularly impressed with most of the choices. And, as I mentioned at the time, I’m a bit cynical about the process as it [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Foodie things to do'
So, which food and drink brands are cool this year?
October 15th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Indian Food, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
Tags:Abel & Cole·Johnny Pustzai·Marmite·Observer Food Monthly Awards·The Cheese Shed
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
In the pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Breakfast, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Healthy eating, Kitchenwares
Having worked in the beauty industry for quite a long time, then I’ve seen the launch of a whole host of products for the month of October that support various breast cancer charities, and I’m pleased to see that now the food related industry is now also lending its support. Maybe it is a bandwagon, [...]
Tags:Bottlegreen·Breast Cancer Awareness Month·Green & Black's·Le Creuset·Mornflake
A week officially dedicated to chocolate? All good news!
October 11th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Local food, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I love my chocolate, and I love the complete boom in fantastic chocolate coming out of the UK, at every stage of production. Perfect to make a real song and dance about, which Chocolate Week is definitely doing. Chocolate Unwrapped this weekend sounds like the most amazing two day event, but even if you’re nowhere [...]
Tags:Chocolate Alchemy·Chocolate Unwrapped·Chocolate Week·I Should Cocoa·The Chocolate Kitchen
Another good year at East Midlands Food Festival
October 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Cheese, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Herbs & Spices, Ingredients, Local food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
Lets face it, who would have planned for a festival on 1 October to be on one of the hottest days of the years? I think this, combined with the festival moving back into the centre of Melton Mowbray, helped to make this a really busy show this year, and there seemed to be good [...]
Tags:Battlefield Blue·East Midlands Food Festival·Game·Gourmet Spice Co·Hot Rocks Pizza·Mr Fitzpatricks
One gift everyone needs but I hope never uses
October 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Foodie things to do
Life is such a fragile thing. One minute it’s a peaceful afternoon, and then it can change in a moment. Do you know how you would react if you were suddenly aware of a neighbour in distress and found yourself faced with someone in need of first aid, fast? I write about Dr T a [...]
The Friday Five – making time for tea
September 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Sweet treats
I adore a proper tea, whether it’s a posh afternoon cream tea or a proper Yorkshire tea from childhood. If you don’t have time for a full lunch or dinner, then nothing to beat getting friends around for tea. Here’s five choices in case you’re lacking tea time inspiration. Tea with Mrs Simkins: Delicious Recipes [...]
Goats cheese with personality
September 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Cheese, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Recipes, Savoury gifts
I like things that are interesting, people that are interesting, not to mention food that’s interesting. So I found the pitch from the PR company representing Capricorn Somerset Goats Cheese really interesting, it even made me smile. If you have a look at the Capricorn website, then you’ll see the goats. Or the girls as [...]
What will you swap this British Food Fortnight?
September 18th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Champagne, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Ingredients, Meat treats, Savoury gifts, Wine
I know it might sound like I’m getting my food fortnights mixed up, but the same question asked of us for Fairtrade items should surely be asked of our choices where there are great British producers available for us to support. I mean, I am definitely coming round to rapeseed oil, as my alternative [...]
Tags:British Food Fortnight·Chiltern Cold Pressed·Duffy Sheardown·Isle of Wight Biltong·Red Star
Baking the easy way but with taste
September 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Cooking with Kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Sweet treats
We were joking about Shake a Cakes the other day, which would most definitely not be something I would suggest sending anyone as a gift, not even as a joke. But very interested to see that Montezuma’s are now doing Baking Kits, which look like they could turn out very tasty results. Building on [...]
