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 [...]
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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
Tags:British Fine Foods·Christmas foodie gifts·christmas in a box·Lancashire Bomb·The Real Boar Co
Firing up for Christmas at Firebox
October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, BBQs, Beer & Lager, Champagne, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Just for fun, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online
Firebox is one of those great internet businesses that has lasted the course, and just keeps getting better. I’ve written before about some great choices from them, and here’s my choice of some of them for this Christmas: Chocolate pizzas have been around for a couple of years, so this is a nice [...]
Tags:cake stands·chocolate pizza·Darth Vader·Firebox·New Zealand chocolate·Sagaform
Heal’s do good food gifts again. And again. And again…
October 20th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Champagne, Christmas foodie gifts, Cider, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online
I’ve written before about great food gifts from Heal’s. In 2010, the most popular gift I wrote about was the paté gift boxes, so no surprise to see those back this year. And they were a winner in 2010, and they’d been there in 2009. As had the hot water bottle and hot chocolate gift [...]
Santa’s little helpers for your homemade goodies
October 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Kitchenwares, Make your own, Places to shop online, Preserving, Sweet treats
I think we all know, and can feel it’s been a tough year, and belts are a notch tighter. And now Christmas is just around the corner. So how do we still give great gifts and keep the bank manager on side come January? DIY. I know I wrote about this last year as well, [...]
Tags:Christmas foodie gifts·homemade gifts·Jam Jar Shop·Meri Meri
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
A week officially dedicated to chocolate? All good news!
October 11th, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Local food, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I love my chocolate, and I love the complete boom in fantastic chocolate coming out of the UK, at every stage of production. Perfect to make a real song and dance about, which Chocolate Week is definitely doing. Chocolate Unwrapped this weekend sounds like the most amazing two day event, but even if you’re nowhere [...]
Tags:Chocolate Alchemy·Chocolate Unwrapped·Chocolate Week·I Should Cocoa·The Chocolate Kitchen
Dear Santa, I’ve been thinking…
October 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Tableware
It’s unusual for me to think about my own list so early, I know. But a mass baking session on Saturday, and a big lunch gathering yesterday left me with a few thoughts. So just in case you’re getting organised now: 1. Please can I finally have a KitchenAid mixer? Really, I’m not fussy about [...]
What I’m thinking of from Cox & Cox
October 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Frugal cooking & eating, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Tableware
I love Cox & Cox, I may well have mentioned it once or twice before. So I always enjoy it when their new catalogue arrives, and this is what I’m thinking could make good foodie gift choices for this season. EAT Red Metal Letters – in case anyone didn’t know what a kitchen was [...]
Tags:Cox & Cox·packed lunches·Pimms
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
What does the nation’s favourite department store have in store for us?
September 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
I was on a very rare weekend foray into town last weekend, and made a quick detour through John Lewis to see whether they had got festive yet, as their foodie gifts are often interesting. Whilst not having looked at the offer online in any great detail, these are the things that caught my eye [...]
Tags:Christmas·Christmas foodie gifts·gingerbread houses·tea
