Okay, so the big event is upon us. And I’m not talking about the last series of Big Brother. Which means there’ll be a whole load of people fixed to their sofas. So here’s five tomes that will give you some food for thought on snacks for the sofa. Appetizers – 500 Best-ever Recipes: The [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cookbooks'
The Friday Five – All Greek to me
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I’m off on my annual visit to Cyprus soon, which means a great amount of eating good, local food. With the exception of a night at a good Chinese, it’s local all the way for me. Some of my most memorable meals have been at a kafenion in the mountains, especially the homemade feta with [...]
The Friday Five – Bring on the Veggies
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating
Next week is National Vegetarian Week, so I thought it would be good to look at interesting cookbooks that are not about the meat. Even if you’re not a full time veggie, there is a school of thought that says it’s a good thing to have less meat, and therefore you might want some inspiration [...]
Tags:allotments·Charmaine Solomon·Cookbooks·Grow your own·Ingredients·Mediterranean food·National Vegetarian Week·Nigel Slater·Rose Elliot·Simon Hopkinson
The Friday Five – Cookbooks for the New Age of Austerity
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Healthy eating
So, George Osborne is with us, and we have to remember he promised us an age of austerity as he starts with the cuts. Given that everyone has been talking about whether or not that might include putting VAT on food and books, I’m in for a double whammy. So before that happens, here’s 5 [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·Cooking in austere times·credit crunch gifts·Delia Smith·Food trends·Foodie gifts·frugal cooking·home baking·Local food·Marguerite Patten·The Ministry of Food
The Friday Five – the other patron saints of England
April 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts
Happy St George’s Day to all my English readers, wherever you’re based! For today’s 5, the obvious thing would have been to feature the top English food writers but I think the combined sainthood of Delia, Jamie, Nigella, Nigel and Rick is far too well known. Even going further back, Elizabeth David and even Fanny [...]
Tags:Ambrose Heath·Arthur Gay Payne·C. Anne Wilson·Cookbooks·English Food·Food trends·The Pudding Club·W M W Fowler
The Friday Five – getting hot and spicy
March 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Mexican Food, Spirits
I’m a couple of weeks behind the launch date, but I wanted to feature Thomasina Miers’ Mexican Food. I have had two of the best evenings at Wahaca, which takes Mexican food, and tequila, to another level for me. The difference between Wahaca and somewhere like Chiquitos is like the difference between Burger King and Hawksmoor. So, [...]
Tags:cocktails·Cookbooks·Cooking with kids·Mexican Food·spices·tequila·Thomasina Miers
Where do foodies register for their wedding?
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Cheese, Cookbooks, Courses, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Wedding Presents for foodies
Being of the nosey/curious type, I love looking at the search terms people have put in to get to the blog. There’ve been all kinds of weird and wonderful ones, not to mention some very err, creative, spellings. But this one seemed an entirely appropriate question, and the sort of thing I would want to [...]
Tags:Berry Bros & Rudd·Cheese·Cookbooks·cookery courses·Divertimenti·foodie love·Forman & Field·Gadgets·Hampers·Local food·Majestic Wine·Natoora·olive oil·Wedding gift lists·Wedding gifts
The Friday Five – the kawaii side of Japanese food
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Just for fun, Kitsch cooking
I’m feeling a bit jealous as some colleagues have gone off to Tokyo for the week. I am really lucky in that I’ve been three times for work, which means I’ve probably done more high end dining there than if I’d gone under my own steam. But the thing that fascinates me most is the [...]
Tags:bento boxes·Cookbooks·Cooking with kids·Izakaya·Japanese food·kawaii·packed lunches
Holding back the cookbooks
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Mother's Day gifts, Places to shop online
I think it’s probably obvious by now that I have a bit of a thing for cookbooks. Which means they are everywhere around the house, whether they fit the space or not. So I could probably use some of these bookends, both for the practical aspects, but also for the great designs. I really like [...]
The Friday Five – Cakes for Haiti, or anywhere else
February 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Sweet treats
You may have picked up that today is Cakes for Haiti day, and hopefully you’ve been busy knocking up something delicious! I’ve done blondies and hummingbird muffins, which are new to me. Dr T suggested I could have done all cakes or biscuits beginning with h, but that would be taking it a tad too [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baker & Spice·Baking·Cakes for Haiti·Cookbooks·He Eats·home baking·Nigella Lawson·Peggy Porschen·Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache
