Of course there are other places to buy great Italian food online, though less on the average high street. And I have to give Carluccio’s credit, their gifts always look good every Christmas, and always well received. And if I had to rush in somewhere on Christmas Eve for very last minute gift, this would [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Italian food'
Christmas at Carluccio’s
November 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Hampers, Italian food, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
Tags:Carluccio's·Chocolate Clementines·kitsch teatowels·panettone·tea towels
Are these the most beautiful cookbooks ever?
June 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Italian food
I was in Waterstones the other day and my eye was caught by a display of really attractive paperbacks. Imagine my joy to not only find they were beautiful but they are also some of the most amazing cookbooks ever written. Now, I’d like the Birthday Fairy to just bring me the whole set, if [...]
Tags:Claudia Roden·Gervase Markham·Pellegrino Artusi·Penguin Great Food
The Friday Five – Bring on the Ice Cream
June 17th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Dairy, Eating with kids, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Italian food, Kitsch cooking, Sweet treats
Surely summer is going to start properly some time soon? Been thinking about ice cream in all its forms, and wondering when it’s really going to be warm enough to want to tuck into some. So maybe whilst it’s not quite warm enough it’s a good time to be making up plenty of batches to [...]
If I can’t be in Venice…
March 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Italian food, Places to eat
I know I’m a little behind the curve, but on Saturday I finally got to eat at Polpo in Soho. If this is what backstreet taverns of Venice are like , then take me there and leave me there! It’s not just the buzzy, informal room. The rustic printed menus. The mixed up chairs. Although they’re [...]
What’s the Italian for I love you?
January 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Cheese, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Italian food, Valentine's Day gifts
I’m off to Milan, very briefly, this week so looking forward to a haul of good Parmesan. Which made me think it was time for a revisit to the Luigi’s website, which is still one of the best sources for good Italian foodstuffs in my view. And if you’ve got an Italian food lover [...]
The Friday Five – Five to look forward to in 2011
December 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cheese, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Italian food, Make your own
Well, it’s New Year’s Eve, hard to believe the year has gone by already. Which means a whole slew of new food books just got a whole lot closer. Here’s five I’m looking forward to being published: The Barbadian Rum Shop: The Other Watering Hole by Peter Laurie- not every book I feature on a [...]
Oh, Siena!
November 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Italian food
I’m thinking that it’s going to be hard to top last Christmas. I mean it was full on, proper white Christmas here, just like the Christmas cards. The whole village decamped to the pub for a celebratory drink and a few snowballs. Possibly even a few Snowballs. Given this is probably only the second true [...]
Would these make it onto your top 10 food hall luxuries?
September 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Italian food, Kitsch cooking, Naff presents, Places to shop online, Spirits, Sweet treats, Wine
Selfridges is one of my favourite stores in the world. Well, most of them, the Trafford Centre one is a bit rubbish in my view. But I do love that their website is now transactional, and with more content, and so I can see some of the wonders of their food hall any time I [...]
The Friday Five – eating, of the comfort variety
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Italian food
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 [...]
Tags:comfort food·cosy eating
Spring bargains on the foodie front
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, French food, Italian food, Offers & Discount Codes, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Wine
Just a quick post on online retailers of good foodie stuff with good offers, in case you need a gift but with some cash left for day to day eating! Here goes: 1. Thorntons have a free gift on offer for orders over £15 between now and the 14th, so a great one for the one [...]
Tags:Charcuterie·Chocolate·Chocolate Trading Co·coffee·Coffee Cavern·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·French food·Italian food·Majestic·Natoora·special offers·Thorntons·Virtual Farmers Market
