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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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The best meal of the day

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Bread, Breakfast, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts

I love breakfast. To be fair, I love weekend breakfasts, holiday breakfasts, breakfasts out…anywhere really where it’s relaxed and, preferably, someone else has made it. And if you didn’t make someone breakfast in bed on Valentine’s Day, then do it just as a surprise on any other day, or take them somewhere special, or just [...]

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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

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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Christmas gifts for difficult foodies – the “don’t buy me anything” type

November 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Courses, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Naff presents, Sweet treats

It’s coming round to that time of year, when you’ve ticked all the easy ones of your list, and you’re facing into the fact you’ve only got that one awkward so and so to still shop for. We all have at least one, and every year it’s tough going. My best advice is shop early [...]

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These are not just any foodie gifts…

November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Italian food, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats

Lets face it, Marks & Spencer is a Christmas institution, which is not necessarily where you want to spend Christmas. But if it was the only place still open on Christmas Eve, then there are some choices I would make on the foodie gift front. Actually, some of these are definitely worth turning up for [...]

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The Saturday Session – the joys of a horticultural show

September 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Kitsch cooking, Preserving, Recipes, Saturday Session

It’s one of those big events in our village today: the annual horticultural show. Oh yes, there are still horticultural and village shows going strong, and there has been competitive pumkin and bean growing going on for months. No tales of sabotage yet but still time for that to surface! As well as veg and [...]

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First out the Christmas gifts gate at Debenhams

August 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Naff presents, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats

Yesterday I brought you Selfridges, today it’s Debenhams. I know you’re going to get in quick for some of these! I have to say, it is a mix of the good, bad and ugly. Here’s a quick selection: 1. Snowball and glass set – a retro favourite, beloved Christmas tipple of my grandma. I think [...]

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Get out & support your local food festival

August 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Beer & Lager, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts

My good foodie friend (her of the cheese making kit) and I went to the Food & Drink Fayre in Newark today, in the sunshine. I have to admit I went off with fairly low expectations as the marketing had been pretty low key and fairly short on detail. I’m always a bit suspect when [...]

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The Friday Five – Preserving the best

July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Preserving

One of the things that struck me in France was that there were still lots of preserved things on the shelves (and I’m not talking about Bardot), not just in the jam aisle. Although the jam aisle was definitely crammed with interesting flavours that you don’t necessarily get here. Preserving certainly fits in with the [...]

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Blood oranges, the next big thing?

July 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Recipes, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Uncategorized

I was looking at the prizewinners of the 2009 Sofi winners at the National Fancy Food Show in New York last week. Firstly, why can’t we have a Fancy Food Show, loving the name! Secondly, in case you didn’t know, a Sofi is awarded for specialty outstanding food innovation. Now you know. There are 33 [...]

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