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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Local food'
Writing passionately about local food
July 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Food Writing, Foodie gifts
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 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, 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 gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, 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
Why I’m not sorry that I’m not going to the Real Food Festival
May 3rd, 2010 · 7 Comments · Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Chocolate, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats
Can you imagine how hellish I would find the Real Food Festival? Running from this Friday (7 May) through to Sunday for us mere mortals, it is billed as the UK’s most exciting food festival. Why on earth would I want to go? And really, I didn’t want to. I’m not at all bitter and twisted [...]
Tags:British favourites·Chocolate·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Gower Cottage Brownies·Local food·Raymond Blanc·Real Food Festival·Richard Bertinet·Thomasina Miers
Cry “God for Hops, Eating and St George”
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Beer & Lager, British favourites, Cheese, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Wine
Apologies to Will, particularly as it’s the anniversary of his birth and death on the same day, but St George’s Day really should be a call for celebrating what’s great in English food. Let the French scoff, but the renaissance, revival and reinvention of British food hasn’t left a corner of this sceptred isle untouched. [...]
Tags:Adnams·Bakewell pudding·British favourites·English Food·Foodie gifts·Local food·Mrs King's Pork Pie·Neals Yard·Nyetimber·Paxton & Whitfield·St George's Day·sticky toffee pudding·SW4 Gin
So, now people might get why seasonal and local is important!
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Ingredients
Who would have thought this time last week that we would be thinking about the Royal Navy being dispatched to rescue stranded Brits, and shops warning of shortages on imported goods. Apparently we are likely to run into imminent shortages of exotic fruit, like figs, papaya and coconut. What’s a bit sad is that there [...]
Tags:allotments·asparagus·British favourites·Eat the Seasons·exotic fruit shortages·Food trends·Grow your own·Local food·seasonal food
