I love dim sum, and trips to London always tend to include finding somewhere to indulge in great dim sum. This week was New World on Gerrard Place, which is fantastic for that full-on traditional dim sum experience with trollies madly dashing around the room. Then there are great modern versions of dim sum, with [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Saturday Session'
The Saturday Session – Dim Sum no dim supper
January 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Chinese Food, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Recipes, Saturday Session
Tags:Chinese cooking·Chinese Food·cocktails·Cookbooks·dim sum·Ingredients·Ping Pong·The Asian Cookshop·Yauatcha
The Saturday Session – all treats, no tricks
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Kitsch cooking, Recipes, Saturday Session, Sweet treats
It’s been a busy morning here at FGH HQ, with a whole load of cooking going on ready for trick or treating tonight. I decided to eschew the easy option of the bags of multi coloured goo and sugar from the supermarket, and go for homemade versions. This has involved MGG poring over the pages of [...]
The Saturday Session – Recipes to dine out on
October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie Travel, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Places to eat, Saturday Session, Uncategorized
By a happy clash of events, I seem to have done a lot of eating out this week, which is no bad thing. So this is a quick review of the recipes of the week, and the venues that served them up. First up, Monday lunch was at The Betjeman Arms at St Pancras. Now, [...]
Tags:Betjeman Arms·British favourites·Langar Hall·Red Lion Inn·seasonal food
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 – recipes for local food greatness
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Food Writing, Foodie Travel, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Indian Food, Kitsch cooking, Meat treats, Saturday Session
We’ve just made it back from the East Midlands Food & Drink Festival, being held this weekend at Brooksby Hall near Melton Mowbray. Lets face it, when the local foodstuffs are pork pies and Stilton, you know you’re going to be onto a good thing! This is the third time we’ve been, and I would [...]
Tags:Bedazzled Cupcakes·Bobby's·British favourites·Fire Foods·food festivals·food markets·Foodie gifts·Ingredients·James Martin·Leicestershire·Local food·Melton Mowbray·Peppercorn Catering·pork pies·Rupert Matthews·Stilton·The Tiffin·W E Botterill & Son
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 · 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
