The calendar doesn’t lie: Father’s Day is two weeks today. Don’t panic, loads of time! Will write a few posts for different options for different kinds of dads, and today is about dads who love food from beyond our national borders. Food passports at the ready! * For Spanish food lovers, then I’ve still not [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Spanish food'
Global tour for foodie dads
June 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Father's Day gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, French food, Herbs & Spices, Indian Food, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Spanish food
Tags:Burmese curry·Father's Day·Spices of India·The Market Quarter·The Spanish Food Company·Totally Swedish·Viking Blod
The Friday Five – Cook with Passion!
February 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Bread, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Local food, Spanish food
I’ve already written about the fact that I’m not mad keen on Valentine’s Day, and thankfully there aren’t that many cookbooks just about Valentine’s Day food. So I’ve taken five books about passion in food, about the subjects that the authors feel most passionately about. *Baking with Passion by Dan Lepard and Richard Whittington – [...]
A year in food and eating in review
January 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · BBQs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, French food, Frugal cooking & eating, Honey & Jam, Just for fun, Local food, Meat treats, Outdoor cooking, Places to eat, Spanish food, Spirits
2010, on reflection, was a great year for eating here at FGH Towers. Some were fancy, many were not. Most were with good company, although I had a couple of memorable meals on my own in Hong Kong. Some involved new things, some were old favourites. But they all added something to the experience of [...]
What would I make my gift of the year for a food lover?
December 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Make your own, Places to shop online, Preserving, Savoury gifts, Spanish food
Very hard to believe it’s very nearly the end of the year. Again. Unbelievable to me, I’ve made 220 posts so far for the year, and featured a whole range of gifts for every kind of occasion, every kind of food lover, every kind of budget, even every kind of age. So, what would I [...]
Hampers unhampered by bad taste
November 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, French food, Ingredients, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Spanish food
Apologies to those who were reading my posts last year, as I did write something similar after the horror of finding the Kids Treat frozen food hamper, but hopefully a year on, a whole heap of other interesting options have materialised to write about. The hampers I love are those that enable you to send [...]
Tags:Hampers·Local food
Viva tapas and more!
November 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Honey & Jam, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Spanish food
Feeling very lucky, as the lovely people at The Spanish Food Company sent me the most amazing hamper to try. And what a hamper of fabulousness it was! If you haven’t come across them before, they are specialist importers of great Spanish food, with great provenance from artisanal producers. They know all the producers, and [...]
Eating our way around Mallorca
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Places to eat, Spanish food
Dr T, MGG and I have just returned from a week in Mallorca. The quiet part, as I hastened to tell people. Which is a bit unfair to Mallorca, as the majority of the island is beautiful and bears no resemblance to Magalluf. As you would expect, we did a fair bit of eating. Not [...]
Tags:holidays·La Font del Gall·Mallorca·Son Brull·Spanish food·tapas
The Friday Five – Travels with Food
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Spanish food
As you may know by now, we’re away for Easter and no, my housesitters don’t extend their duties to blog sitting! One of my favourite pre-holiday preparations is choosing my holiday reading. I always try to have at least one book based in the country or culture I’m visiting, as it adds something in my [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baking·British favourites·Eat My Globe·Everything but the Squeal·food markets·French food·Hokkaido Highway Blues·holiday reading·holidays·Local food·Middle England·Peter Mayle·Simon Majumdar
Last minute gifts for foodies this Christmas
December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Beer & Lager, Bread, Christmas foodie gifts, Courses, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Italian food, Kitchenwares, Picnics, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Spanish food, Sweet treats
You’ve been making a list, checking it twice, you’ve worked out what’s naughty and what’s nice. And now you’re having a sudden panic as you’ve counted up the presents and you’ve forgotten someone! If it’s a foodie gift you’ve forgotten, then never fear! Here’s some last minute suggestions you can still order in, so no [...]
Tags:beer coolers·beetroot relish·British favourites·caviar·Christmas·Christmas foodie gifts·cocktails·cookery courses·cupcakes·Foodie gifts·gourmet experiences·Hampers·Heal's·Ingredients·Jamie Oliver·Jams·last minute gifts·last minute presents·macaroons·Marmite gifts·Novelli Academy·pate gifts·Picnics·Preserves·tea towels·The School of Artisan Foods·truffle
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
