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The rise and rise of the cupcake

September 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Kitchenwares, Kitsch cooking, Sweet treats

This had passed me by slightly, but this week apparently is National Cupcake Week. Which is definitely going to be one of my favourite weeks of the year. Where did the cupcake come from? How did it raise itself up to be the top cakey treat? Like many trends, I would think we have to [...]

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The Saturday Session – in praise of the burger

August 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, French food, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Saturday Session, Savoury gifts

This is going to sound bad, but in the past week I’ve had a burger on three separate occasions. The only way I can hope to keep up my foodie credentials is to state quite categorically that not one of them has been from McDonalds! The latest one was at What’s Cooking in Liverpool, and it [...]

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On loving Lakeland

July 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Preserving

Whenever you want to moan about the state of British retailing, then go visit a branch of Lakeland. Of course, I am old enough to remember when they were Lakeland Plastics, but they are about so much more these days. But one thing that remains is the terribly nice, mainly ladies, who work there. I [...]

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