I missed this last week by being in Hong Kong, but honey and bees seem to be a very hot topic at the moment, and not just in our household. I love that Harry Eastwood was working with the Honey Association on recipes for the week, as I’m a huge fan of hers (as my [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Preserving'
Buzzing about National Honey Week
May 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Preserving, Sweet treats
Tags:42 Below Vodka·Beehaus·British favourites·cocktails·food markets·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Fortnum & Mason·Harry Eastwood·honey·Honey Association·Innocent smoothies·Local food·National Honey Week·Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache
The Friday Five – Working towards the good life
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Preserving
I wrote at the weekend about getting ready to plant your veg, or plug plants, ready for having crops of your own later in the year. It’s amazing what a little bit of sunshine can inspire you to do! So for this week’s Friday Five, here are 5 books to help you towards self sufficiency, [...]
Tags:allotments·Grow your own·jam making·Preserves·Preserving·self sufficiency·vegetable growing
For the lovers of dark and smoky flavours
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Courses, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Preserving, Savoury gifts, Spirits
We were discussing my slightly obscure taste in fragrance last night, which does tend to often include those that to some smell like an ashtray. I have an absolute passion for Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford, but can be found sniffing the original Dolce & Gabbana for Men with it’s leather and cigar smoke notes. [...]
Tags:Artisan du Chocolat·Benromach·Chocolate·cookery courses·Fire & Knives·Foodie gifts·Halen Mon·Hampers·London Fine Foods·olive oil·Salt·sea salt·smoky flavours·The Organic Smokehouse·tobacco·Tom Ford·Upton Smokery
What will 2010 bring for food & food lovers?
December 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Courses, Foodie Travel, Foodie things to do, Preserving, Turkish Food
It’s coming round to that time of year when everyone and his dog has the crystal ball out to look at the year ahead and tries to work out what will be up, down, in or out in the year ahead. I did this last year for food, and can’t believe it’s that time again. This [...]
Tags:allotments·British favourites·chutney·Cookbooks·cookery courses·Food predictions·Food trends·Grow your own·holidays·Homemade food·Istanbul·jam making·Local food·Quaking pudding·Rocket Gardens·self sufficiency·The 1990s·traditional food·traditional recipes·Turkish Food
So, what were the foodie trends of 2009?
December 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie treats, Just for fun, Kitchenwares, Preserving, Sweet treats
Back in January I wrote a post on what I thought would be the big trends in food, and it’s interesting to look back and see whether any of it came to pass, whether the crystal ball gazing was any good! Here goes: 1. A return to home-made goodies – I think we can safely [...]
Tags:chutney·fizzy cola bottles·Food trends·home baking·home cooking·homemade gifts·jam·jam making·John Lewis·Lakeland·Local food·nostalgic sweets·Pickles
The Saturday Session – Quince Envy!
October 10th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Preserving, Recipes, Saturday Session, Savoury gifts, Spanish food
I had moments of pure envy this week! Thomasina Miers was tweeting that she was experimenting with quince, poaching them with vanilla pods, and then making them into a custard. Which all sounded delicious, but there’s been no sniff of a quince around here yet! And I have such a hankering to try to make [...]
Tags:Bellota·Manchego·membrillo·quince·quince cheese·Thomasina Miers
The Saturday Session – the joys of a horticultural show
September 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Kitsch cooking, Preserving, Recipes, Saturday Session
It’s one of those big events in our village today: the annual horticultural show. Oh yes, there are still horticultural and village shows going strong, and there has been competitive pumkin and bean growing going on for months. No tales of sabotage yet but still time for that to surface! As well as veg and [...]
Tags:Baking·British favourites·chutney·Cookbooks·fruit cake·Grow your own·home baking·horticultural show·jam making·Jams·Kitsch cooking·lemon curd·marmalade·Nigel Slater·Preserves·The Cottage Smallholder·treacle fruit cake·vol au vent·WI·Women's Institute
The Saturday Session – 101 ways with a courgette
August 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Healthy eating, Ingredients, Preserving, Recipes, Saturday Session
Well, not quite, but tonight’s dinner challenge is a different use of courgettes with every course because, like many of you who might grow your own, there’s a courgette glut still on. I have to admit to not being the biggest fan of the courgette, but I’m coming around. I think it’s too many years [...]
Tags:Baking·Cookbooks·courgette cake·courgettes·Gastrokid·Grow your own·home baking·How to be a Domestic Goddess·Ingredients·Lime·Nigella Lawson
Show me the honey!
August 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Preserving, Wedding Presents for foodies
For ages, Dr T has been on about keeping bees. Personally, I just think he wants to wander around in all the kit, but last week he made me sit in front of the news and said “See!” Of course I knew the bees were disappearing, it was on Doctor Who for heavens sake! And [...]
Tags:Beehaus·Bees·disappearing bees·Doctor Who·Grow your own·honey·self sufficiency
Jam is the thing
July 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Foodie things to do, Kitchenwares, Preserving
Blow me, after this morning’s post on preserving stuff, they were talking jam on the Chris Evan’s show as I drove home. Jam is the new rock’n’roll, with more of us giving it a go. They interviewed Fraser Doherty, the man behind Superjam, who started the company when he was just 18 with his gran’s [...]
