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 [...]
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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
Tags:Bellota·Manchego·membrillo·quince·quince cheese·Thomasina Miers
The Saturday Session – In Search of the Perfect Dry Martini
September 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Recipes, Saturday Session, Spirits
Last night Dr T and I enjoyed a cultural night out at Nottingham Playhouse to see their production of Blithe Spirit. From this one would deduce that essential kit in many households of the time was a cocktail shaker and a ready supply of martini glasses! There was a long debate on the way home [...]
Tags:Blackwood's Gin·Blithe Spirit·cocktails·dry martini·gin·Hendrick's Gin·martini·Noel Coward·vermouth
The Saturday Session – the joys of a horticultural show
September 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · 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 [...]
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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
The Saturday Session – pimp my Staffordshire Oatcake
August 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Recipes, Saturday Session
For fairly unimaginative reasons, I was in Stoke on Trent yesterday, a first. Well, Hanley, which is the city centre of Stoke. Confusing! But, like any good foodie, I’d done my research, just in case of some foodie time out. And what results! There were three things on my list: pie from Pieminister (fail, the [...]
Tags:black pudding·British favourites·food markets·Foodie gifts·Hanley·Ingredients·Moorland Pottery·Pieminister·regional food·Staffordshire Oatcakes
The Saturday Session – cooking Indian food at home
August 1st, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Food Writing, Foodie blogs, Foodie things to do, Indian Food, Recipes, Saturday Session
It’s hard to eat badly in France. Except when it comes to things like Chinese and particularly Indian food. So we came back with a huge craving for a good curry, and Dr T has been busy in the kitchen ever since! Which made the choice for this week’s Saturday Session easy! I would point [...]
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The Saturday Session – Have a BBQ with a difference!
July 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · BBQs, Fish & Seafood, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Places to eat, Recipes, Saturday Session
This week’s Saturday Session is a foodie approach to a BBQ that may amaze your friends. It may also test your patience quite considerably, as it’s all in the prep! Now you might not think barbecued mussels sounds that exciting, but we were treated to them the other night, and this is not just a [...]
The spirit of Cognac
July 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Places to eat, Recipes, Spirits
Before you read this, you might want to mix yourself a drink: Cognac Summit Put a piece of lime zest and four thin strips of fresh ginger into a glass. Pour in 2cl of Cognac VSOP. Press lightly 2 to 3 times with the aid of a drumstick (I think my translation may leave something [...]
More make it yourself kits
July 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Bread, Cookbooks, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Recipes
After the cheese making kit, I began to think of the other essentials that you could make yourself, and the things that make it easier. Starting with the basics really, and bread. And we would not be without our Panasonic Bread Maker. The SD255 is one of the most hardworking gadgets in our kitchen, probably [...]
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