I am on a countdown to our annual escape to France, and already hungry in anticipation of the food treats ahead. Not sure if it makes us dullards, or just greedy, but we have been to the same part for the past 3 summers, and still each year we find new places to try, new [...]
Entries Tagged as 'holidays'
Vive La France! At least for 2 weeks
July 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cheese, Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, French food, Meat treats, Places to eat
Eating our way around Mallorca
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Places to eat, Spanish food
Dr T, MGG and I have just returned from a week in Mallorca. The quiet part, as I hastened to tell people. Which is a bit unfair to Mallorca, as the majority of the island is beautiful and bears no resemblance to Magalluf. As you would expect, we did a fair bit of eating. Not [...]
Tags:holidays·La Font del Gall·Mallorca·Son Brull·Spanish food·tapas
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 [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baking·British favourites·Eat My Globe·Everything but the Squeal·food markets·French food·Hokkaido Highway Blues·holiday reading·holidays·Local food·Middle England·Peter Mayle·Simon Majumdar
Channelling Juliette Binoche
March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, French food, Places to eat, Sweet treats
Today is Juliette Binoche’s birthday, who I think is the most amazing actress. I also think she’s incredibly stylish, not to mention the fact she has that French flair of being comfortable in her own skin, and seems to have avoided the lure of the plastic surgeon. My favourite, favourite film of hers is Chocolat, [...]
Tags:Alastair Sawday·Chocolat·Chocolate·Flavigny-sur-Ozerain·French food·holidays·Johnny Depp·Juliette Binoche·Lent·Willie Harcourt Cooze
What will 2010 bring for food & food lovers?
December 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Courses, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Preserving, Turkish Food
It’s coming round to that time of year when everyone and his dog has the crystal ball out to look at the year ahead and tries to work out what will be up, down, in or out in the year ahead. I did this last year for food, and can’t believe it’s that time again. This [...]
Tags:allotments·British favourites·chutney·Cookbooks·cookery courses·Food predictions·Food trends·Grow your own·holidays·Homemade food·Istanbul·jam making·Local food·Quaking pudding·Rocket Gardens·self sufficiency·The 1990s·traditional food·traditional recipes·Turkish Food
The Friday Five – All treats, no tricks, for Halloween
October 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Kitsch cooking
I think it’s probably clear I don’t need much encouragement to buy a new cook book! But even I think and pause when it’s around lesser holidays. I mean, I have a couple of titles devoted to Christmas which is, lets face it, just one day. So why nothing for other one day events? Well, [...]
Tags:Christmas·Cookbooks·Cooking with kids·Foodie gifts·ghoulish goodies·Halloween·holidays·home baking·Martha Stewart·trick or treat
Throw a tomato today!
August 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Places to eat, Spanish food
Oh yes, today you could throw tomatoes with impunity, in the right place. First held in 1932 La Tomatina Tomato Throwing Festival takes place today, so I would think your chances of attending are a little slim. If you want to get sorted for next year, it’s the last Wednesday in August. You could cook [...]
Tags:Ca Sento·holidays·La Tomatina·Ochoa·Parador·Spanish food·tomato throwing·Valencia
My foodie holiday reading
July 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel
One of the best parts of a holiday is choosing your holiday reading, and I am happy to have got through 3 books over the fortnight that have a definite foodie flavour to them (somehow, I can’t really say A Year in the Merde counts, although it was a good trashy read). In case you [...]
Tags:cod·holiday books·holidays·Mark Kurlansky·pies·Reading·Simon Majumdar·Stuart Maconie·The North
Home (food) thoughts from abroad
July 28th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Fish & Seafood, Foodie Travel
I am sat looking out at the British summertime i.e. the pouring rain, after nearly 3 weeks in France, musing on the things we missed. This was a conversation over a few Kirs one night with other people who were staying at the same gite, and I think the general conclusion was not much. I [...]
Tags:Cathedral City·curry·food you miss·Gouda·holidays·Peanut butter·Yorkshire tea
