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Entries Tagged as 'Mrs King’s Pork Pie'

What would you buy a pork pie lover for Valentine’s Day?

February 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Bar snacks, British favourites, Courses, Foodie gifts, Local food, Meat treats, Picnics, Valentine's Day gifts

You might have noticed, I do write about pork pies a reasonable amount, but living this close to Melton Mowbray it shouldn’t really be that surprising. And most of the household is quite partial to a pork pie or two, but I can’t say it would necessarily be something I’d have thought of buying for [...]

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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. [...]

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It’s all about the pork pies

February 24th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Bar snacks, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie Travel, Meat treats, Savoury gifts

I have no idea what’s been going on out there, but all of a sudden I’ve had a whole heap of people ending up at the site looking for the answer to one question: what is the difference between a mini Melton Mowbray pork pie and a mini pork pie? I did rather cheekily tweet [...]

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Nothing, and everything, fishy here

October 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Christmas foodie gifts, Fish & Seafood, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts

I was intrigued to suddenly receive a catalogue from Forman & Field. I always seem to get a very random selection of catalogues, but this one ticked a lot of the right boxes for me. And I did a bit of research on Twitter to see what the reaction was, and what other people’s experiences had [...]

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