Lets face it, for most of us it’s been the most lousy fortnight on the weather front, and it’s felt more like Autumn than the height of summer. Which means there’s only one thing to do: bring on the comfort food! Need some inspiration? Here’s a few titles that you might want to stock up on now [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Friday Five'
The Friday Five – eating, of the comfort variety
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Italian food
Tags:comfort food·cosy eating
The Friday Five – Alternative Student Cookbooks
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
After yesterday’s A level results there’ll be a whole heap of students heading off to cook for themselves. There are of course a whole heap of student cookbooks on the market (213 came up on Amazon) which means there could be a whole heap of duplication of cookbooks on any one floor. So these five [...]
The Friday Five – The state of British Food
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie gifts, French food, Friday Five
One of the great joys of being in France was the daily choice of which market to go to, and then to see great looking food to choose from, from small producers, local producers, French producers. Which made us debate how we managed to loose that in the UK. I mean, the French had rationing [...]
Tags:British favourites·food history·food markets·Local food
The Friday Five – Smoking salt and other activities
July 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Cheese, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own
I’m not doing very well with my holiday reading, which is no fault of the book and more to do with fine weather and lots of things to do. After last year’s Cod, this year I am following up with Mark Kurlansky’s Salt: A World History, which is particularly appropriate given the proximity to several [...]
Tags:curing·Preserving·Salt
The Friday Five – In case the Birthday Fairy is reading…
July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
It’s my birthday next week, and just in case you’re stuck on what to get me, then I’ve just pulled 5 random titles out of my wishlist. Unsurprisingly, there’s a food theme going on here! The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit – why one flavour works with another, and a whole raft of suggestions on [...]
The Friday Five – Independence Day and some good American cooking
July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Places to eat
I don’t have a Friday any closer to the 4th July, so thought would use this Friday’s Five to look at some of the great food coming out of the US. It’s too easy to dismiss American cooking as all being about trashy, fast food, but there is so much going on that it is [...]
Tags:Carnegie Deli·clambake·Martha Stewart·The French Laundry·Thomas Keller·Zuni
The Friday Five – Shaking up the picnic
June 18th, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Picnics, Places to eat
Wimbledon, Glyndebourne, cricket at Lords, Party in the Park…the picnic season is well and truly upon us. And lets face it, we’re in the 21st century, which means either go full on modern update to your picnic, or go retro. Need some ideas? Here’s 5 books that might help liven things up. The Great [...]
Tags:British favourites·Cookbooks·outdoor eating·Picnics·retro food
The Friday Five – All Greek to me
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I’m off on my annual visit to Cyprus soon, which means a great amount of eating good, local food. With the exception of a night at a good Chinese, it’s local all the way for me. Some of my most memorable meals have been at a kafenion in the mountains, especially the homemade feta with [...]
