I’ve written before about how much I enjoy giving food experiences rather than just food things, and I’ve given a few from different “experience” companies. I really like Red Letter Days, and they have some great experiences for food lovers and cooks. Have a look at these and see if there’s someone on your list [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Foodie Travel'
Gourmet experiences they won’t forget
November 17th, 2011 · 4 Comments · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Courses, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Places to eat, Places to shop online
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
Local restaurants reaping big rewards
October 30th, 2011 · 5 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Places to eat
Really happy to see some great local names for this area being recognised in the Sunday Times Food List for 2011. Now, top for the Midlands is Hambleton Hall, which surprised me slightly, as I would have thought coming on the back of a second Michelin star then Restaurant Sat Bains might have been [...]
Tags:Hambleton Hall·Mr Underhill's·Restaurant Sat Bains·The Sunday Times Food List
The Friday Five – Winter is practically on us!
October 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Healthy eating
Okay, I’m not sure how it happened, but we seem to have lost 20° in the outside temperature, and this morning I was out there with the ice scraper. So, Delia’s Summer Collection is going away for 6 months, and swapped for the winter version, which is my standby for this time of year. But [...]
A dessert plate as a tribute to Zoe Restaurant
October 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Places to eat, Sweet treats
I’ve possibly mentioned before that I really love New York, and I was always really fond of Zoe Restaurant in Soho. To me, it was the epitome of New York, with its open kitchen, beautiful tiles and even more beautiful people. I first went about a year after opening, not because we knew it was [...]
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
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
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
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 [...]
Tags:Cafe Mor·Edd Kimber·Ginger's Comfort Emporium·Harvest at Jimmy's·Mary Berry·Paul A. Young·Yotam Ottolenghi
Harvest at Jimmy’s? Yay! Camping? Yikes!
August 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Just for fun
I am very excited about going to Harvest at Jimmy’s. I mean what’s not to love? Fantastic food on offer, some great masterclasses, not to mention some great bands playing too. I mean I could have just booked for the Saturday. That would give me James Martin, Gennaro, Jay Rayner, Paul A. Young..a pretty [...]
On fabulous ice cream and raw milk
August 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Local food, Places to eat, Sweet treats
Our trip to County Durham led us to some great new food experiences from local producers, and one of those was Wheelbirks. So good, we went twice. But when ice cream is this good, why wouldn’t you? Their ice cream comes from the milk of their own pedigree Jersey herd, apparently the oldest in Northumberland, [...]
Tags:Ice cream·raw milk·Wheelbirks
