Our honey has gone on sale in our village shop today, so pretty low on food miles as the hive is approximately 100 metres from the shop as the crow, or bee flies. It’s also gone in with a bit of a market research question, as the beekeepers can’t agree on a brand name! Do [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Local food'
Belvoir Buzz or Manor House Honey?
August 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Foodie gifts, Honey & Jam
Tags:honey·Local food
You’re going to uni. Now what? A foodie perspective
August 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Ingredients
A’level results are out and so a whole new batch of students will be heading off into the world, ready to fend for themselves and cook their own dinners. So, what kind of foodie student are you dispatching, or being dispatched, to uni and what do they need to see them on their way? Depends on [...]
Tags:allotments·cookery courses·cooking for beginners·Grow your own·Local food·student cooking
The Friday Five – The state of British Food
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie gifts, French food, Friday Five
One of the great joys of being in France was the daily choice of which market to go to, and then to see great looking food to choose from, from small producers, local producers, French producers. Which made us debate how we managed to loose that in the UK. I mean, the French had rationing [...]
Tags:British favourites·food history·food markets·Local food
Writing passionately about local food
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie gifts
Being in the Midlands, we’re not short of counties. Leave home in Leicestershire, cross briefly into Lincolnshire, arrive at work in Nottinghamshire…if I detoured a few miles I could clock up Derbyshire as well, all before elevenses. Which possibly explains why there are a number of local magazines devoted to food and why there is [...]
Tags:food writing·Local food
The Friday Five – All Greek to me
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Friday Five
I’m off on my annual visit to Cyprus soon, which means a great amount of eating good, local food. With the exception of a night at a good Chinese, it’s local all the way for me. Some of my most memorable meals have been at a kafenion in the mountains, especially the homemade feta with [...]
Derbyshire Food Fair in photos…kind of
May 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
We had a great time yesterday at the Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair, although slightly relieved we did go yesterday, which was warm enough, as I imagine today will be a real scorcher. Here’s a few thoughts and photos, in case you are wondering either whether to go, or what you missed! This was about [...]
Tags:Brian Turner·British favourites·Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair·Foodie gifts·Ingredients·Local food·Quirky Cookies·Spicecentice·The Chilli Jam Man·Yee Kwan
Dartmouth – my choice for a foodie Whitsun
May 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Breakfast, British favourites, Eating with kids, Fish & Seafood, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Fruit & Veg, Healthy eating, Meat treats, Places to eat
So the spectre of the volcanic ash cloud returns, combined with BA cabin crew, ready to disrupt the plans of many to get away for Whitsun (ourselves included). Seems should have made plans that didn’t involve flying, but who knows, may get lucky. If I was planning a treat of a trip that wasn’t going [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Alf Resco·Baking·British favourites·Dartmouth·eating out·Kevin McCloud·Local food·Moby Nicks·Riverford·Rocket Cafe·Seabreeze·Seahorse Grill·Simon Drew·The Venus Cafe
The Friday Five – Cookbooks for the New Age of Austerity
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Healthy eating
So, George Osborne is with us, and we have to remember he promised us an age of austerity as he starts with the cuts. Given that everyone has been talking about whether or not that might include putting VAT on food and books, I’m in for a double whammy. So before that happens, here’s 5 [...]
Tags:Cookbooks·Cooking in austere times·credit crunch gifts·Delia Smith·Food trends·Foodie gifts·frugal cooking·home baking·Local food·Marguerite Patten·The Ministry of Food
Buzzing about National Honey Week
May 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Preserving, Sweet treats
I missed this last week by being in Hong Kong, but honey and bees seem to be a very hot topic at the moment, and not just in our household. I love that Harry Eastwood was working with the Honey Association on recipes for the week, as I’m a huge fan of hers (as my [...]
Tags:42 Below Vodka·Beehaus·British favourites·cocktails·food markets·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Fortnum & Mason·Harry Eastwood·honey·Honey Association·Innocent smoothies·Local food·National Honey Week·Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache
