You’ve been making a list, checking it twice, you’ve worked out what’s naughty and what’s nice. And now you’re having a sudden panic as you’ve counted up the presents and you’ve forgotten someone! If it’s a foodie gift you’ve forgotten, then never fear! Here’s some last minute suggestions you can still order in, so no [...]
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Last minute gifts for foodies this Christmas
December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Beer & Lager, Bread, Christmas foodie gifts, Courses, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Italian food, Kitchenwares, Picnics, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Spanish food, Sweet treats
Tags:beer coolers·beetroot relish·British favourites·caviar·Christmas·Christmas foodie gifts·cocktails·cookery courses·cupcakes·Foodie gifts·gourmet experiences·Hampers·Heal's·Ingredients·Jamie Oliver·Jams·last minute gifts·last minute presents·macaroons·Marmite gifts·Novelli Academy·pate gifts·Picnics·Preserves·tea towels·The School of Artisan Foods·truffle
Sweets for your sweets
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Beer & Lager, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats
Last week got a bit healthy in places, so it’s back to the sweet stuff! I wish I didn’t have a sweet tooth, but I do. Generally it likes to be fed good quality chocolate, but just occasionally it will wander over the naff side. If you’ve got a sweet-toothed sweetie to buy for, here’s [...]
Tags:A Quarter Of·British favourites·cake·Christmas·Christmas foodie gifts·cola cubes·Green & Black's·Hampers·Jamie Oliver·Melt·Montezuma's·retro sweets·Willie Harcourt Cooze
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
Would you buy a hamper?
October 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
It’s getting to that time of year when I get inundated with emails about hampers, and I often wonder who buys them. There’s the big corporate buyers, and I would think that a good hamper would be well received by many people. Even if you didn’t get the whole hamper, everyone on a team could get [...]
Tags:British favourites·cheese towers·Chocolate·Chocolate Trading Co·Christmas·ethical food·Ethical Superstore·fair trade food·food hampers·Foodie gifts·FunkyHampers.com·Hampers·Harrods·Iberian ham·Jamie Oliver·London Fine Foods·organic food·Pong·smoked fish·tea·The Fish Society·turbot·turkey twizzlers
The Friday Five – what’s top of the pops
September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Healthy eating, Ingredients
Last week was all about what was new, so I was just intrigued as to what was making the top of Amazon’s bestsellers list from already published books. The thing with Amazon is not just the huge choice, but also that an older book can stay around for ever, long after it’s gone out of [...]
Tags:Amazon·American food·Cookbooks·credit crunch gifts·Economy Gastronomy·Foodie gifts·Healthy eating·Ingredients·Jamie Oliver·Leon·one pot cooking·Rick Stein