After yesterday’s global food tour of gifts for dads, then today it’s time to offer some thoughts on great choices from great British producers. Reduce the food miles of your gift, but not the flavour! Here’s some ideas for you: * For dads who like smoky flavours, then try The Artisan Smokehouse of Suffolk. For [...]
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Best of British for British foodie dads
June 6th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Grow your own, Hampers, Local food, Meat treats, Savoury gifts
Tags:Father's Day·Northfield Farm·South Devon Chilli Farm·The Artisan Smokehouse·Womersley Foods
Where would you get a haunch of venison from?
May 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Local food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Recipes
Occasionally, I turn up somewhere unexpected. Like on the radio. This week I was on Richard Spurr’s show on Radio Nottingham, sharing my views on super injunctions (not so super), ash clouds (O’Leary would whine) and my choice for Desert Island Discs (Grease and the Beatles “In My Life”). Richard always chats about the blog [...]
Tags:pink peppercorns·venison
The Friday Five – Making St Patrick proud
March 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, French food, Friday Five, Meat treats
Today’s five is in anticipation of St Patrick’s Day next week, and to show that there truly is so much more to Irish cooking, and celebrate some of the great Irish talent. Go on, have a great new book! Here’s my choices: Trish’s French Kitchen by Trish Deseine – a surprising one to start perhaps, [...]
Muddy boots equal tasty burgers
March 7th, 2011 · No Comments · BBQs, Foodie gifts, Meat treats, Outdoor cooking, Places to shop online
The sun’s been out, briefly. It’s felt warmer. Which means thoughts have turned to…barbecues! Which means burgers. And burgers, proper burgers, are just too good to leave till summertime. So I’m thinking of ordering in a mixed box from Muddy Boots, and cranking up the grill. These are great sounding burgers, containing top quality beef [...]
The Friday Five – Discovering Polish Food
March 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Friday Five, Meat treats
I am making my first trip to Poland next week, and it’s a country where I know nothing about the culinary tradition, history and current state of play. Other than the Polish builders who work for a friend asked for a whole pig for Christmas one year and were busy making their own charcuterie, including [...]
Tags:beetroot·buy a pig·Polish food
More than leeks and daffs
March 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · BBQs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Honey & Jam, Kitchenwares, Local food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Spirits, Sweet treats
How could I forget? Today is St David’s Day, which will see Dr T come over all nostalgic for his homeland. We’ll have a bit of Bryn Terfel on, the legend of Gelert will be told, and no doubt a pint or two of Dark will be drunk. That said, there are a few other [...]
Tags:Aerona·Black Mountain Smokery·Local food·Slade Farm Organics·tea towels·Welsh food
The Friday Five – Roasting Australia
January 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, BBQs, Breakfast, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Meat treats, Outdoor cooking
I’m not that into cricket, and I may well be tempting fate (writing this as I am on Thursday night) but with a fair wind (or possibly rain) by Friday morning the Ashes should have been won, not just retained, and there’ll be a bit of crying in beer going on, and the sun will [...]
