Back in December 2009 (which really does feel an age ago) I wrote a piece about what 2010 might bring for foodand food lovers. So, should I give up the day job and take up with a crystal ball? Hmm, lets see… * We’d all continue to rediscover the joy of homemade. Tick. But fairly [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Grow your own'
So, how was my crystal ball gazing?
January 1st, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Frugal cooking & eating, Grow your own, Honey & Jam, Make your own, Preserving, Turkish Food
Stocking up the gift cupboard for less
December 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Grow your own, Kitchenwares, Offers & Discount Codes, Places to shop online
My mum is the organised sort and certainly when they lived in the UK then the post Christmas sales were her stocking up point for a big chunk of the year. That big cupboard space at the top of the wardrobe was like a Mary Poppins bag for gifts on hand for a lot of [...]
Tags:Boxing Day sales
What would I make my gift of the year for a food lover?
December 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Make your own, Places to shop online, Preserving, Savoury gifts, Spanish food
Very hard to believe it’s very nearly the end of the year. Again. Unbelievable to me, I’ve made 220 posts so far for the year, and featured a whole range of gifts for every kind of occasion, every kind of food lover, every kind of budget, even every kind of age. So, what would I [...]
Trust the National Trust
October 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Frugal cooking & eating, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Local food, Places to shop online
It might be my age, but I’m quite a big fan of the National Trust. We’re lucky in that there are several properties round here that are worth popping in for a cup of tea and slice of cake, not to mention letting MGG blow off some steam around acres of land. So I get [...]
Jam it, jar it, bottle it
October 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Grow your own, Honey & Jam, Make your own, Preserving
I love this time of year, getting ready to hibernate. Or at least retreat to the indoors for a bit. Which means that we’ve been busy converting our harvest, not to mention foraged treasures into all sorts of preserved wonders. I’ve always been a huge fan of Lakeland and John Lewis for my preserving supplies, [...]
Tags:jam making·Preserving·the WI
Finding the frugal cook’s best friend
October 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Baking, Bread, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Frugal cooking & eating, Grow your own, Kitchenwares, Make your own, Places to shop online, Preserving
So, it’s the morning after the day before, and no doubt the vast majority of us are feeling poorer than we did yesterday. George has swung the spending axe, and we’re all left looking for the next notch to tighten up on our belts. Oh, just on the off chance, if you’re a banker still [...]
What could Hugh put in your stocking?
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Beer & Lager, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Meat treats
It’s good to have Hugh back on the TV, all that good country living to enjoy. If you want to get your own little bit of River Cottage goodness, then try the online shop, which goes well beyond books and DVDs. Having had a browse round, this is what I’d choose as great gifts, for either [...]
The best of the East Midlands and beyond
October 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Meat treats, Savoury gifts, Spirits, Tea and coffee
MGG and I had a fantastic day out at the East Midlands Food Festival, and it was great to see that after what I thought was a quiet year last year, it was back on form this year. In fact, I would go as far as to say this is the best one so far. [...]
Beating the drum for beetroot
August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own
As I was driving home in the pouring rain last night I was thinking about my beetroot in the garden. Mainly about the fact that it would really benefit from the rain as it’s pretty much minature beetroot at the moment. This is a veg I came to late in life, I think scarred by [...]
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
