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Reflections on Real Food Festival

May 9th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts

What a day Friday was! Came back laden down, foot sore and thrilled to have met so many folk for the first time, not to mention catching up with some familiar faces. My highlights, discoveries and goodies as follows: * The tweetup/flashmob at Gower Cottage Brownies. To the bemusement of the non Twitterers, there was [...]

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Counting down to Real Food Festival!

May 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel

I wrote last year about how I really, really wasn’t sorry that I wasn’t going to Real Food Festival. So really not sorry that I’ve booked to go this year. Just to see what I really wasn’t sorry about. BFF and I are making the trip together, on the basis that four carrying arms may [...]

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My food people of 2010

December 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, Cooking with Kids, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Sweet treats

This has been my first full year of writing the blog, and one of the things I’ve loved about it most is the great people I’ve got to meet through it. Passionate about food and drink, they are the people that make the renaissance in British food real. Not to mention provided some great eating and [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Celebrating the best of Wales

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, Beer & Lager, Cheese, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Kitchenwares, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Wine

So here we are, 1st March, St David’s Day already. Some of you may know this is a part ex-pat household, with Dr T being my own Welsh dragon, and I have a great many friends over that particular border. And if you haven’t discovered the great foodie things coming out of Wales, then you’ve [...]

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Send them a surprise in the mail

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online

You know what it’s like, you come home from a fairly rubbish day at the office, and there’s piles of post waiting for you. You know what’s waiting: bills, junk stuff about products you really don’t want, more bills. How about sending something that will really turn any day around, and leave everyone with a [...]

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