It’s that time of year again when the Fancy Food Show has been on in New York, and the NASFT sofi Awards are handed out. Last year it was all about blood oranges, which I have seen making appearances in various forms in delis, but not in huge quantities. And this year? Well, no such [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Healthy eating'
New things making the news across the pond
July 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, Chocolate, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Healthy eating, New food launches
Tags:blood orange·Chocolate·Fancy Food Show·Fever-Tree·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Poco Dolce
Best apps for British foodies?
June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Foodie Travel, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Healthy eating, Places to eat, Recipes, Spirits, iPhone Apps
I never used to care about my mobile phone. First it just made calls, then texts, and then I really went upmarket and had one with a camera. And then that one died. And on a bit of a whim, plus curiosity, I bought an iPhone. And, other than the appallingly short battery life, I [...]
Tags:Afghan restaurants·eating out·Gadgets·Glenmorangie·Good Food Guide·iPhone apps·Jamie Oliver·Nigella Lawson·Ocado·Zagat
The Friday Five – Bring on the Veggies
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating
Next week is National Vegetarian Week, so I thought it would be good to look at interesting cookbooks that are not about the meat. Even if you’re not a full time veggie, there is a school of thought that says it’s a good thing to have less meat, and therefore you might want some inspiration [...]
Tags:allotments·Charmaine Solomon·Cookbooks·Grow your own·Ingredients·Mediterranean food·National Vegetarian Week·Nigel Slater·Rose Elliot·Simon Hopkinson
Dartmouth – my choice for a foodie Whitsun
May 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Breakfast, British favourites, Eating with kids, Fish & Seafood, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Fruit & Veg, Healthy eating, Meat treats, Places to eat
So the spectre of the volcanic ash cloud returns, combined with BA cabin crew, ready to disrupt the plans of many to get away for Whitsun (ourselves included). Seems should have made plans that didn’t involve flying, but who knows, may get lucky. If I was planning a treat of a trip that wasn’t going [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Alf Resco·Baking·British favourites·Dartmouth·eating out·Kevin McCloud·Local food·Moby Nicks·Riverford·Rocket Cafe·Seabreeze·Seahorse Grill·Simon Drew·The Venus Cafe
The Friday Five – Cookbooks for the New Age of Austerity
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Healthy eating
So, George Osborne is with us, and we have to remember he promised us an age of austerity as he starts with the cuts. Given that everyone has been talking about whether or not that might include putting VAT on food and books, I’m in for a double whammy. So before that happens, here’s 5 [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·Cooking in austere times·credit crunch gifts·Delia Smith·Food trends·Foodie gifts·frugal cooking·home baking·Local food·Marguerite Patten·The Ministry of Food
Making the right choices
April 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Healthy eating
As you might have gathered by now, I rather like my food. You might even recall my not terrible successful weeks with Slimming World. Well, I still like my food and my trousers are not getting any looser. Which is why I am part of the Foodie Twitter Weigh In for at least 6 weeks. [...]
Tags:#ftwi·calorie count·calories·The Fat Duck·The Real Greek
The Friday Five – Working towards the good life
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Preserving
I wrote at the weekend about getting ready to plant your veg, or plug plants, ready for having crops of your own later in the year. It’s amazing what a little bit of sunshine can inspire you to do! So for this week’s Friday Five, here are 5 books to help you towards self sufficiency, [...]
Tags:allotments·Grow your own·jam making·Preserves·Preserving·self sufficiency·vegetable growing
Sunshine and chitting
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Places to shop online
Finally, it feels like the longest winter in history may be over, and the big yellow thing has returned to the sky. I misheard Best Foodie Friend last week when she said she had started chitting potatoes. Thought it sounded unusual. Which means it’s time to start looking at the raised beds again, plotting to [...]
Tags:allotments·chitting potatoes·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·Grow your own·heritage vegetables·Spring·vegetable growing
Dr T & MGG do The Field Kitchen – take two
February 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Cookbooks, Eating with kids, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Healthy eating, Places to eat
If you were quick, you may briefly have read my vicarious review of Dr T and MGG’s lunch at The Field Kitchen at Riverford. Sadly, there was a glitch on the blog and I had to restore to the previous day’s version. Which wiped it out. I could try and rewrite it, but the original [...]
Tags:communal eating·Cookbooks·Eating with kids·Ingredients·Riverford·The Field Kitchen
The Friday Five – Get cooking with the kids this half term
February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Healthy eating, Just for fun, Kitsch cooking, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I think most places around the country are about to start half term (I know, it seems like they just went back). There is good news, roads will generally be quieter. But homes with kids may not be! So this is a perfect opportunity to get kids in the kitchen and get them busy cooking [...]
Tags:Baking·Cookbooks·Cooking with kids·Gastrokid·Heston Blumenthal·home baking·Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
