I’ve been away for a week, which means there’s a whole load of catching up to do, on boring stuff like washing and bills, and interesting stuff like new gifts that would suit different kinds of food lovers. Whilst it might take a while for me to review properly, here’s the things I’m thinking about: [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Chocolate'
Catching up (or what new gifts am I waiting for)
June 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Spirits
Why I’m not sorry that I’m not going to the Real Food Festival
May 3rd, 2010 · 7 Comments · Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats
Can you imagine how hellish I would find the Real Food Festival? Running from this Friday (7 May) through to Sunday for us mere mortals, it is billed as the UK’s most exciting food festival. Why on earth would I want to go? And really, I didn’t want to. I’m not at all bitter and twisted [...]
Tags:British favourites·Chocolate·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Gower Cottage Brownies·Local food·Raymond Blanc·Real Food Festival·Richard Bertinet·Thomasina Miers
Loving chocolate from Chocolate & Love
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, New food launches, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
Getting back from holiday and surveying the pile of post is normally depressing, just a pile of junk and bills. Not this trip! Got back to a stack of chocolate from Chocolate & Love, and of course I’ve been busy working my way through it. I promise I’ve been sharing it! We started with Crushed [...]
Tags:Chocolate·Chocolate&Love·fair trade food·Foodie gifts·organic chocolate
Which parliamentary seat is a foodie gift?
April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cheese, Chocolate, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Indian Food, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
Of course I was delighted to get back from holiday to find an election had been called. How riveting the 4 weeks will be. I’m afraid I can’t quite see the attraction of being an MP. Unless there’s good food involved. Which got me thinking. Which is the best seat to hold from a food [...]
Tags:Bleikers·British favourites·Chocolate·Cornish Crumbly·election fever·Gower Cottage Brownies·Gribble Brewery·Local food·Melton Mowbray pork pie·Montezuma's·O'Hagans sausages·Stilton
Selfridges available anytime, anywhere
March 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Places to shop online, Spirits, Wine
I love Selfridges, could spend hours in there, and eat my way through a great many foodstuffs. So I’m thrilled to find that, finally, their website has gone transactional. Welcome to the 21st century. But the good news is that it gives a whole crop of interesting food possibilities, either to stock up your own [...]
Tags:Artisan du Chocolat·Chocolate·Easy Tasty Magic·Foodie gifts·Ingredients·Selfridges
Channelling Juliette Binoche
March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, French food, Places to eat, Sweet treats
Today is Juliette Binoche’s birthday, who I think is the most amazing actress. I also think she’s incredibly stylish, not to mention the fact she has that French flair of being comfortable in her own skin, and seems to have avoided the lure of the plastic surgeon. My favourite, favourite film of hers is Chocolat, [...]
Tags:Alastair Sawday·Chocolat·Chocolate·Flavigny-sur-Ozerain·French food·holidays·Johnny Depp·Juliette Binoche·Lent·Willie Harcourt Cooze
What do you get a foodie mum?
March 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Grow your own, Mother's Day gifts, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Wine
I love being a mum, and I love my food. Which probably makes me easy to buy for on Mother’s Day. And it has meant that Dr T has never fallen into the trap of Olay and L’Oreal Mother’s Day advertising (trust me, she’s worth so much more, and no mum wants anti-wrinkle cream. Ever). [...]
Tags:allotments·British favourites·Champagne·Chocolate·fizz·Foodie gifts·Grow your own·Melt·Mother's Day gifts·Pong·Prestat·Rococo·TheDrinkShop.com·Wine Hound
Spring bargains on the foodie front
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, French food, Italian food, Offers & Discount Codes, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Wine
Just a quick post on online retailers of good foodie stuff with good offers, in case you need a gift but with some cash left for day to day eating! Here goes: 1. Thorntons have a free gift on offer for orders over £15 between now and the 14th, so a great one for the one [...]
Tags:Charcuterie·Chocolate·Chocolate Trading Co·coffee·Coffee Cavern·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·French food·Italian food·Majestic·Natoora·special offers·Thorntons·Virtual Farmers Market
What’s new for Spring?
February 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Italian food, Places to shop online, Spirits, Sweet treats
Just having a quick virtual browse round to see what’s new for Spring for the foodies, and here’s just a few of the things that have caught my eye: * From The Fish Society, a tasty treat for those needing a gluten free diet. Norcakes are fishcakes from Norway that have seen neither potato (so [...]
Tags:Chocolate·Foodie gifts·Gluten Free·Ingredients·Italian food·Jamie Oliver·Local food·Natoora·new stuff·olives·SW4 Gin·The Eden Project·The Fish Society·TheDrinkShop.com