Gifts can be all sorts of things. Lets face it, they can be mediocre, they can be laughable, they can be things you hope never to see again. Or they can be joyous, surprising, laugh out loud fabulous and memorable for years to come. And for me, giving someone the gift of a new skill, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Meat treats'
Giving the gift of learning
November 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, Bread, Christmas foodie gifts, Cider, Courses, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Meat treats, Places to shop online
Tags:cooking courses·Divertimenti·Food Safari·knife skills·The School of Artisan Food
The Friday Five – Cookbooks for Real Men
November 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Baking, BBQs, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Meat treats
This post was inspired by @DineHard and a tweet about considering giving away a copy of The Playboy Gourmet in the cookbook swap that @PumpkinandMice is organising. So here’s five for men who are men who happen to like to cook. The Playboy Gourmet – a 1970s epic, that somehow has not been [...]
Smoked Christmas food, as opposed to Christmas up in smoke
November 10th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Courses, Dairy, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Local food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Preserving
There are some fantastic smokehouses around the UK, some have been there since fire was invented, and some Johnny come latelys as well, but many turning out some great produce. I love smokey flavours and have been trying to work my way through a few places, and I think Christmas is a perfect time for [...]
Tags:Black Mountains Smokery·Brown & Forrest·Hebridean Smokehouse·smoking·Smoky Jo's·The Artisan Smokehouse·Weald Smokery
Great British food gifts from British Fine Foods
October 27th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
Christmas ranges are popping up all over the place now, and British Fine Foods is no exception. I love what they do, and their Christmas selections are no exception to that. Here’s what’s caught my eye: Nice combo here of wild boar salami from The Real Boar Co and a decent red [...]
Tags:British Fine Foods·Christmas foodie gifts·christmas in a box·Lancashire Bomb·The Real Boar Co
So, which food and drink brands are cool this year?
October 15th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Indian Food, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
It’s two years since I wrote about the food and drinks brands that were being recognised as “cool”. It looks like my general gist from the post was that I wasn’t particularly impressed with most of the choices. And, as I mentioned at the time, I’m a bit cynical about the process as it [...]
Tags:Abel & Cole·Johnny Pustzai·Marmite·Observer Food Monthly Awards·The Cheese Shed
Another good year at East Midlands Food Festival
October 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Cheese, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Herbs & Spices, Ingredients, Local food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
Lets face it, who would have planned for a festival on 1 October to be on one of the hottest days of the years? I think this, combined with the festival moving back into the centre of Melton Mowbray, helped to make this a really busy show this year, and there seemed to be good [...]
Tags:Battlefield Blue·East Midlands Food Festival·Game·Gourmet Spice Co·Hot Rocks Pizza·Mr Fitzpatricks
No grouse about the grouse
September 24th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Meat treats, Places to shop online
It’s game time of the year, or what I always think of as being game time, as the recipes really send themselves to autumn days and nights. And the team at Blackface sent me a pair of grouse to celebrate the season, which was a different addition to our weekday dinner routine. I’ve always thought [...]
The Friday Five – On pies, baking and Britishness
September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Meat treats
It could be because we’ve gone beyond the Last Night of the Proms, which is always a signal of autumn for me, or that publishers are preparing for Christmas, but there is a raft of new books out that are calling out for attention. And there is a bit of a theme, all around real [...]
Tags:Baking·Bea's of Bloomsbury·Hairy Bikers·Jamie Oliver·Pieminister·pies·The Ginger Pig
What will you swap this British Food Fortnight?
September 18th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Champagne, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Ingredients, Meat treats, Savoury gifts, Wine
I know it might sound like I’m getting my food fortnights mixed up, but the same question asked of us for Fairtrade items should surely be asked of our choices where there are great British producers available for us to support. I mean, I am definitely coming round to rapeseed oil, as my alternative [...]
Tags:British Food Fortnight·Chiltern Cold Pressed·Duffy Sheardown·Isle of Wight Biltong·Red Star
Getting mutton on the menu thanks to The Blackface Meat Company
August 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
I’ve written about great meat from The Blackface Meat Company before, and was excited when they offered me some of their 5 year old mutton to try. Now, mutton does seem to be having a bit of a resurgence, with a well established Mutton Renaissance campaign launched by Prince Charles in 2004, but I hadn’t [...]
