Just a quick one for those of us likely to get involved in street party or TV party baking for the two big events this year. Cake Craft Shop have a special Olympic and Jubilee section for cake decorations, and some great stuff to choose from. Might be worth stockpiling now before everyone gets themselves [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Baking'
Getting ready for Jubilee & Olympic baking
January 19th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts
Hurray for National Baking Week!
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Cooking with Kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do
You might have gathered by now that I’m pretty keen on baking. I’ve written about the a to z of cookies, and unusual cake tins that I’m still not quite sure about. I’ve written about cake in far off places, and cake being at the heart of what it means to be home for [...]
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 [...]
The Friday Five – On pies, baking and Britishness
September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Meat treats
It could be because we’ve gone beyond the Last Night of the Proms, which is always a signal of autumn for me, or that publishers are preparing for Christmas, but there is a raft of new books out that are calling out for attention. And there is a bit of a theme, all around real [...]
Tags:Baking·Bea's of Bloomsbury·Hairy Bikers·Jamie Oliver·Pieminister·pies·The Ginger Pig
The best things about home: cake, and more cake
July 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Recipes
It’s a great privilege to travel, to see distant places, to meet new folk. It can also be a right pain in the rear, with delays, airline food, lumpy beds and so on. So I am always thrilled to be back home, back to my own bed, back in the countryside, back with friends and [...]
Baking Buddha – a great new local business to support
June 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Bread, Foodie gifts, Local food
It’s the exhausting time of year in our village. Nothing to do with everyone mucking in with lambing or bringing in the harvest, more to do with the 10 days and nights of events that make up the village festival. Not bad going for a village of this size. Saturday was Party in the Park, [...]
Precision Baking Time!
February 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Kitsch cooking
I tweeted about this the other day, when I was catching up on the Hairy Bikers Mums Know Best. I’ve written about how much I have a soft spot for them before, and watching them bake continues to confirm why. Especially when they teach me new things. Like the fact that there is a [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baking·Battenburg cake·British favourites·home baking
Surprising good source for gifts for foodies
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online
I’ve always had a thing about nice stationery and notebooks, so I’m a fairly frequent visitor to Paperchase. In the last couple of years I’d noticed that they’d started doing a lot of toiletries and candles, and now they’re expanding out into all kinds of things that you might consider giving to someone with a [...]
What do you get a Foodie Gift Hunter for her birthday?
August 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Foodie gifts
I’m not sure, do you think I would be difficult to buy for? I mean, I write about gifts all the time, so I must litter some clues around. But there again there possibly aren’t many sources that I’m not already looking out, so trying to surprise me may be a bit tough. But the [...]
Tags:Baking·birthday treats
