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 [...]
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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
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Friday Five – One of the best bits about Christmas
November 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Kitsch cooking, Make your own
I love the part of Christmas where I get together all the recipe books and magazines, and set about creating the menus for the various meals and gatherings. Of course you don’t need too many Christmas cookbooks but then there are so many new temptations this year…here’s five to consider: * The Hairy Bikers’ 12 [...]
Making homemade more personal
November 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Make your own
These are a great idea either to dress up your own homemade goodies, or as a great little gift for the keen home jam maker/baker/sloe gin maker. Honey Tree Publishing offer some beautiful labels with gorgeous illustrations that can be personalised as required. If you’re going to be busy in the kitchen, and give away [...]
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 [...]
Send a hamper of officially “cool” food
October 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Make your own, Savoury gifts
The annual CoolBrands survey is out for the year, and there’s a good crop of food and drink brands that made the final list. So if you’ve got someone on your gift shopping list who thrives on cool first and foremost, then maybe you can turn them on to great tasting products as well. Here’s a [...]
Tags:cool·Coolbrands
Are farm shops cheaper?
October 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Fairtrade food, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Local food, Make your own, Places to shop online
Really interesting piece over on BigBarn, about whether or not farm shops are cheaper than your local supermarket. There’s a bit of a split emerging in the comments, between “yes they are” and the “no” camp. And, to be honest, I’ve seen both sides of that argument in different farm shops locally. There’s a very [...]
Tags:farm shops·Local food
Wood fired pizza ovens on the up?
October 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, BBQs, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Make your own, Outdoor cooking
I wrote over the weekend about how MGG and I had enjoyed lunch at the East Midlands Food Festival from Jack’s Artisan Pizza. I wrote about how amazed I was at the wood fired oven in the back of a horse trailer, that I’d never seen one before. Well, blow me, these things are like [...]
