In a completely different context, we were talking about knowing your audience the other day, which led onto a conversation about the blog. Now, I never think of having an audience, but I guess from looking at the search terms that land people here, you can work out a thing or two about the casual [...]
Entries Tagged as 'New food launches'
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
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 [...]
Tags:blood orange·Chocolate·Fancy Food Show·Fever-Tree·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Poco Dolce
Loving chocolate from Chocolate & Love
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, New food launches, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
Getting back from holiday and surveying the pile of post is normally depressing, just a pile of junk and bills. Not this trip! Got back to a stack of chocolate from Chocolate & Love, and of course I’ve been busy working my way through it. I promise I’ve been sharing it! We started with Crushed [...]
Tags:Chocolate·Chocolate&Love·fair trade food·Foodie gifts·organic chocolate
Wine for the people?
October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Foodie things to do, New food launches, Uncategorized, Wine
Wandering through the twitterverse early on Sunday morning, I saw a tweet from Dom Burch, who is head of Corporate Communications at Asda, about a wine that they had created with The Sun. Now, I’ll be honest, my immediate reaction was that this probably wasn’t going to be wine I would love. Dom offered to [...]
So, what is a cool food and drink brand?
October 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, Beer & Lager, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Healthy eating, New food launches, Places to eat
Finally catching up with the stack of newspapers yesterday I came across a supplement from last week’s Observer about cool brands. Or, more correctly, CoolBrands®. Now, having been through this process before, I’m a bit cynical about what might be included, knowing that defining cool must be even more subjective than defining what makes a brand super. [...]
Tags:Belvoir Cordials·cool·Coolbrands·Dom Perignon·Fever-Tree·Guinness·Montezuma's·Otter Brewery·Rococo·Sambrook's Brewery·Wahaca·Yauatcha
The last ice creams of summer
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, New food launches, Sweet treats
It seems the weather is having a last hurrah of warm weather in some parts of the country, so seems a good time to indulge. This weeks sees the launch of The Icecreamists at Selfridges, the so called agents of cool. Now, this could look like style over substance, with a guerilla ice cream installation, [...]
Tags:absinthe·Cookbooks·Foodie gifts·Gadgets·Guild of Fine Food Retailers·Ice cream·Lola's Ice Cream·Selfridges·The Icecreamists·Yummy Yorkshire
