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The Friday Five – The state of British Food

August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie gifts, French food, Friday Five

One of the great joys of being in France was the daily choice of which market to go to, and then to see great looking food to choose from, from small producers, local producers, French producers. Which made us debate how we managed to loose that in the UK. I mean, the French had rationing [...]

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Buzzing about National Honey Week

May 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Preserving, Sweet treats

I missed this last week by being in Hong Kong, but honey and bees seem to be a very hot topic at the moment, and not just in our household. I love that Harry Eastwood was working with the Honey Association on recipes for the week, as I’m a huge fan of hers (as my [...]

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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 [...]

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The Friday Five – Foodie shop till you drop!

March 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Friday Five, Places to eat, Places to shop online

This week’s five are inspired by the publication of The Good Food Producers Guide 2010, as guides to great food shops around the world. Just as a break from the cooking and baking, it allows me to indulge in my other great passion, shopping. 1. The Good Food Producers Guide 2010- I only got this [...]

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It’s all about the pork pies

February 24th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Bar snacks, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Meat treats, Savoury gifts

I have no idea what’s been going on out there, but all of a sudden I’ve had a whole heap of people ending up at the site looking for the answer to one question: what is the difference between a mini Melton Mowbray pork pie and a mini pork pie? I did rather cheekily tweet [...]

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Eat, Drink, Shop Locally Like Never Before

January 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online

I know, eating local is nothing new, it was all the rage last year. And, lets face it, 2008 and 2009 were incredibly tough years for everyone and just when we thought there was light at the end of the tunnel the snow came. We all wanted to hibernate. Nice and warm, but bad for [...]

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The Saturday Session – recipes for local food greatness

October 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Food Writing, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, 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 [...]

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An unlikely place for a food festival?

September 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat

All weekend I’ve been reading tweets with envy from food festivals around the country: Ludlow, Liverpool and the Organic Food Festival in Bristol. And with immaculate bad timing I will be in the Cotswolds next weekend, just in time for the Nottingham Food & Drink Festival. So I’m thrilled to find that over the next [...]

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The return of the Hairy Bikers

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · BBQs, Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Kitchenwares, Outdoor cooking, Picnics, Places to shop online

Worth staying in on the next few Monday nights, as the Hairy Bikers are back. They’re touring around the UK again, and getting to see, and cook, the best on offer around the UK. I feel we have a slight vested interest, as they visited the village and spent the day cooking at the Red [...]

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Get out & support your local food festival

August 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Beer & Lager, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts

My good foodie friend (her of the cheese making kit) and I went to the Food & Drink Fayre in Newark today, in the sunshine. I have to admit I went off with fairly low expectations as the marketing had been pretty low key and fairly short on detail. I’m always a bit suspect when [...]

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