A’level results are out and so a whole new batch of students will be heading off into the world, ready to fend for themselves and cook their own dinners. So, what kind of foodie student are you dispatching, or being dispatched, to uni and what do they need to see them on their way? Depends on [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Grow your own'
You’re going to uni. Now what? A foodie perspective
August 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Ingredients
Tags:allotments·cookery courses·cooking for beginners·Grow your own·Local food·student cooking
Beating the drum for beetroot
August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own
As I was driving home in the pouring rain last night I was thinking about my beetroot in the garden. Mainly about the fact that it would really benefit from the rain as it’s pretty much minature beetroot at the moment. This is a veg I came to late in life, I think scarred by [...]
Visiting the Ministry of Food
June 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Grow your own
Dr T, MGG and I headed up to the smoke yesterday, so that I could finally get to the Ministry of Food exhibition that I’ve written about several times. It always felt like it could feel like stepping into a current magazine article, but back in time when growing your own and minimising waste was [...]
Tags:Beekeeping·chicken keeping·Cooking in austere times·Grow your own·The Ministry of Food·vegetable growing
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
So, now people might get why seasonal and local is important!
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Ingredients
Who would have thought this time last week that we would be thinking about the Royal Navy being dispatched to rescue stranded Brits, and shops warning of shortages on imported goods. Apparently we are likely to run into imminent shortages of exotic fruit, like figs, papaya and coconut. What’s a bit sad is that there [...]
Tags:allotments·asparagus·British favourites·Eat the Seasons·exotic fruit shortages·Food trends·Grow your own·Local food·seasonal food
Dr T’s adventures in beekeeping
April 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Grow your own
Or alternatively, this is where I’ll tell you about the honey! Yes, Dr T has taken Plan Bee to heart and is doing his bit to save the honey bee. Along with Best Foodie Friend’s Fella (BFFF) he has taken to wandering around the place with an increasing collection of weird looking tools. At least [...]
Tags:Beekeeping·Bees·Co-Op Plan Bee·disappearing bees·Food trends·Gadgets·Grow your own·honey·Local food·The British Beekeepers Association
So, do fajitas top your charts?
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Eating with kids, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Ingredients, Kitchenwares, Mexican Food, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
Was listening to Radio 4 in the car yesterday where they were reporting the Daily Mail piece about fajitas now being the top dinner party dish in the UK. Was it just me that was surprised? I mean, we love fajitas and cook them a lot for family suppers, but of all the meals that [...]
Tags:beef skirt·chillies·Cool Chile Co·fajitas·Grow your own·Mexican Food·tequila·Tex Mex food·World of Chillies
The Friday Five – Working towards the good life
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Preserving
I wrote at the weekend about getting ready to plant your veg, or plug plants, ready for having crops of your own later in the year. It’s amazing what a little bit of sunshine can inspire you to do! So for this week’s Friday Five, here are 5 books to help you towards self sufficiency, [...]
Tags:allotments·Grow your own·jam making·Preserves·Preserving·self sufficiency·vegetable growing
Something foodie to do at Easter without chocolate
March 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cookbooks, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do
The Easter holidays are rapidly approaching. Hurray! Always a favourite holiday as there is a chance of sunshine and an almost cast iron guarantee of chocolate. If you’ve got some time to do something different, then how about offsetting the chocolate gluttony with a trip to the Imperial War Museum, for the Ministry of Food [...]
Tags:frugal cooking·Grow your own·rationing·The Ministry of Food
Sunshine and chitting
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Places to shop online
Finally, it feels like the longest winter in history may be over, and the big yellow thing has returned to the sky. I misheard Best Foodie Friend last week when she said she had started chitting potatoes. Thought it sounded unusual. Which means it’s time to start looking at the raised beds again, plotting to [...]
Tags:allotments·chitting potatoes·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·Grow your own·heritage vegetables·Spring·vegetable growing
