I don’t think so! Certainly not in our household. Or Boat Boy’s house, where it’s still obligatory in his book to eat the festive Toblerone before breakfast. Of course you can do a last minute sweep of the supermarket, but if you’re organised you’ve still got time to get some more interesting choices in. Here’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Paul A. Young'
Christmas without chocolate?
December 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts
The Friday Five – A week of weeks
October 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Herbs & Spices, Indian Food, Ingredients
Gosh, it’s a busy old week this week. It is National Curry Week. Chocolate Week. Egg Week. And just to top it off, cake week. And next week is National Baking Week. You’d have thought there were enough weeks in the year to have these better spread out, but no idea how they get decided [...]
Tags:Michel Roux·Paul A. Young·Sky High Cakes·Three Sisters Indian Cookbook
Reflections on Harvest at Jimmy’s
September 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Baking, Breakfast, British favourites, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Cooking with Kids, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Tea and coffee
It takes a lot for me to even consider camping. The promise of a huge variety of great food, not to mention demonstrations by some of the greats of the food world was pretty much what it was going to take. Which is how I found myself lugging a tent across a ploughed field [...]
Tags:Cafe Mor·Edd Kimber·Ginger's Comfort Emporium·Harvest at Jimmy's·Mary Berry·Paul A. Young·Yotam Ottolenghi
The Friday Five – All About the Chocolate
April 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five
It wouldn’t be Easter without the chocolate, and you may have noticed that I am quite fond of my chocolate! So here are five of my favourites that put chocolate centre stage! Adventures with Chocolate by Paul A. Young – I love Paul’s innovative approach to chocolate, and his brave approach to flavouring. That said, [...]
Tags:Chocolate·Paul A. Young
Finally! A chocolate I will hate!
September 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, New food launches, Places to shop online
I love chocolate. Mainly good chocolate, with an occasional guilty lapse into a Mint Aero. Or a Turkish Delight. But usually I settle for a small amount of something good. But there is nothing, no amount of wrapping it up in good chocolate, that will convince me to try Marmite’s upcoming Very Peculiar Chocolate. I [...]
Tags:Marmite Very Peculiar Chocolate·Melt·Paul A. Young·Rococo
What are you doing this weekend?
June 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Places to eat
Me, I shall be exhibiting some very bad dance moves under the influence of half a shandy at Party in the Park. Which is a serious dent in my foodie credentials (not to mention cool rating) as I guess I should have been heading to Taste of London. And having read Niamh’s review of her [...]
Tags:Bentley's·Chocolate·Eat Like a Girl·eating out·Ingredients·Munchy Seeds·Nudo·olive oil·Paul A. Young·Taste of London·The Modern Pantry·Tom's Kitchen
The Friday Five for Chocolate Week
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Bread, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Kitsch cooking, Sweet treats, Uncategorized
As I’ve already written, Chocolate Week must go down as my favourite week of the year. Although Champagne week comes a close second, having slugged it out with Farmhouse Breakfast Week. So in honour of the wonderous stuff, here’s five books of chocolate delights to tempt you with. Just make sure to use the good [...]
Tags:Andrew Garrison Shotts·artisanal chocolate·Chocolate·Chocolate Week·Christmas·Cookbooks·Foodie gifts·Ingredients·Marcel Desaulniers·Paul A. Young·Willie Harcourt Cooze
