I’m off on a trip for the day job to China, which I’m really looking forward to. Love Chinese food and hoping to get some time out to try and get to eat some. But there does come a point in a trip where I do suddenly crave a taste of home. On a trip [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Foodie gifts'
What I’d like to be taking to China
September 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Chinese Food, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel
Tags:British cheese·Foodie gifts·Local food·Sparkenhoe Red Leicester·taste of home
New things making the news across the pond
July 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Alcohol free drinks, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Healthy eating, New food launches
It’s that time of year again when the Fancy Food Show has been on in New York, and the NASFT sofi Awards are handed out. Last year it was all about blood oranges, which I have seen making appearances in various forms in delis, but not in huge quantities. And this year? Well, no such [...]
Tags:blood orange·Chocolate·Fancy Food Show·Fever-Tree·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Poco Dolce
What are the foodie dads getting this Father’s Day?
June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, BBQs, Bread, Cheese, Cookbooks, Courses, Father's Day gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Kitchenwares, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
Nearly time for Father’s Day, which is always one of those events that catches even me by surprise. It needs something else just after it, like the way Mother’s Day works with Easter. And events involving chocolate always have my attention! So, if I were shopping for a Father’s Day gift for a dad with [...]
Tags:A Quarter Of·Baking·Chocolate·Chocolate Trading Co·cookery courses·Donald Russell·Father's Day·Foodie gifts·Gadgets·Neals Yard·Pong·Sole Bay Cheese·The Bertinet Kitchen·The School of Artisan Food
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
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: [...]
Derbyshire Food Fair in photos…kind of
May 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
We had a great time yesterday at the Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair, although slightly relieved we did go yesterday, which was warm enough, as I imagine today will be a real scorcher. Here’s a few thoughts and photos, in case you are wondering either whether to go, or what you missed! This was about [...]
Tags:Brian Turner·British favourites·Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair·Foodie gifts·Ingredients·Local food·Quirky Cookies·Spicecentice·The Chilli Jam Man·Yee Kwan
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
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 [...]
Tags:42 Below Vodka·Beehaus·British favourites·cocktails·food markets·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Fortnum & Mason·Harry Eastwood·honey·Honey Association·Innocent smoothies·Local food·National Honey Week·Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache
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
Cry “God for Hops, Eating and St George”
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cheese, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Wine
Apologies to Will, particularly as it’s the anniversary of his birth and death on the same day, but St George’s Day really should be a call for celebrating what’s great in English food. Let the French scoff, but the renaissance, revival and reinvention of British food hasn’t left a corner of this sceptred isle untouched. [...]
Tags:Adnams·Bakewell pudding·British favourites·English Food·Foodie gifts·Local food·Mrs King's Pork Pie·Neals Yard·Nyetimber·Paxton & Whitfield·St George's Day·sticky toffee pudding·SW4 Gin
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
