I was all set today to make a Simnel cake, ready for the arrival of the marzipan loving, house-sitting aunt and uncle. Well, when I say I was all set, I mean that I had it in mind that I would. Requests across the twitterverse brought forth an unusual twist with @Domestic_Jules’ recipe for Simnel [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Italian food'
Time for tea and Simnel cake
March 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baking·British favourites·Easter food traditions·Foodie gifts·Gluten Free·home baking·Italian food·Simnel cake·teatime goodies
Spring bargains on the foodie front
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, French food, Italian food, Offers & Discount Codes, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Wine
Just a quick post on online retailers of good foodie stuff with good offers, in case you need a gift but with some cash left for day to day eating! Here goes: 1. Thorntons have a free gift on offer for orders over £15 between now and the 14th, so a great one for the one [...]
Tags:Charcuterie·Chocolate·Chocolate Trading Co·coffee·Coffee Cavern·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·French food·Italian food·Majestic·Natoora·special offers·Thorntons·Virtual Farmers Market
What’s new for Spring?
February 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Italian food, Places to shop online, Spirits, Sweet treats
Just having a quick virtual browse round to see what’s new for Spring for the foodies, and here’s just a few of the things that have caught my eye: * From The Fish Society, a tasty treat for those needing a gluten free diet. Norcakes are fishcakes from Norway that have seen neither potato (so [...]
Tags:Chocolate·Foodie gifts·Gluten Free·Ingredients·Italian food·Jamie Oliver·Local food·Natoora·new stuff·olives·SW4 Gin·The Eden Project·The Fish Society·TheDrinkShop.com
Snowed in? Plan your veg garden!
January 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Ingredients, Italian food, Places to shop online
Lets face it, it appears we are in the worse winter since God was a boy and sent us the last Ice Age. Which means we don’t have to feel remotely guilty about not setting foot out of doors. Personally, this is the time of year I like to spend curled up with the seed [...]
Tags:allotments·Foodie gifts·Grow your own·heritage vegetables·Ingredients·Italian food·seed catalogues·Seeds of Italy·vegetable growing·Vegetables
The Friday Five – the cookbooks to let someone deliver
November 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Friday Five, Italian food
There seems to be an obesity problem, and I’m not just talking about our waistlines! Browsing the food section of the bookshop it seems that cookbooks are just growing and growing in size! Which means you probably don’t want to lug them home. Well, not unless you buy two and are equally balanced, so getting [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·ElBulli·Ferran Adria·Foodie gifts·Greek food·Heston Blumenthal·Italian food·Michel Richard·The Fat Duck·The Silver Spoon·Vefa Alexiadou·Vefa's Kitchen
Foodie Christmas Gifts Not on Every Street Corner
November 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, French food, Italian food, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Wedding Presents for foodies, Wine
I’ve written quite a few posts on the Christmas gifts on offer from some of the High Street, so I think it’s time to have a look at a source for more unusual and unique gift options. Not On the High Street was a welcome addition to the online shopping world a couple of years [...]
Tags:allotments·aprons·Bellini·British favourites·Chocolate·Christmas·Christmas foodie gifts·Foodie gifts·French food·Grow your own·Hampers·Ingredients·Italian food·Not On the High Street·Nudo·olive oil·Save Water Drink Wine·teatowel
The Friday Five – Scott Can Cook, and He Can Eat Out Too!
November 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Italian food
Time for another Friday Five from a guest blogger for a different point of view. Scott Can Cook is a fantastic blog, and I follow Scott on Twitter. Which can be a terrible thing, as he regularly invokes real food envy, particularly as he’s been working his way through the menu at Jamie’s Italian on [...]
Tags:Claudia Fleming·Cookbooks·El Bulli·Grammercy Tavern·Italian food·Jamie Oliver·The Last Course·The River Cafe·The Silver Spoon·Thomas Keller·Wagamama
The Friday Five – a guest star and her old farts
October 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
Depending on how you arrived at reading these pages, you may or may not know that I’m a big Twitter fan. Actually, Dr T says I have been wittering for years so it was a natural step. Anyway, one of the things I love about it is the great people I have met, and I’m [...]
Tags:British favourites·Cookbooks·Elizabeth David·English Food·English Mum·Floyd on Italy·Foodie gifts·Good Housekeeping·Italian food·Jane Grigson·Keith Floyd·Mrs Beeton·twitter