It could be because we’ve gone beyond the Last Night of the Proms, which is always a signal of autumn for me, or that publishers are preparing for Christmas, but there is a raft of new books out that are calling out for attention. And there is a bit of a theme, all around real [...]
Entries Tagged as 'pies'
The Friday Five – On pies, baking and Britishness
September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Meat treats
Tags:Baking·Bea's of Bloomsbury·Hairy Bikers·Jamie Oliver·Pieminister·pies·The Ginger Pig
Trust Boots: Christmas is looking tasty
September 22nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Baking, Breakfast, British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online
So, it’s mid September, which means Christmas is appearing in shops all over, on the High Street and online. I’ve written about a few early contenders, so seems only fair to feature what’s going on in Boots. In case you don’t know, for my day job I work for Boots, but I work on beauty, [...]
The Friday Five – Baking Time!
October 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Baking, Bread, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Kitsch cooking, Sweet treats
I have to say that I have fallen well short of baking time during National Baking Week so far this week! Writing about it has been about as far as I have got! That, and reading about stuff I could be baking, so it only seems right that this week’s Friday Five should all be [...]
My foodie holiday reading
July 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel
One of the best parts of a holiday is choosing your holiday reading, and I am happy to have got through 3 books over the fortnight that have a definite foodie flavour to them (somehow, I can’t really say A Year in the Merde counts, although it was a good trashy read). In case you [...]
Tags:cod·holiday books·holidays·Mark Kurlansky·pies·Reading·Simon Majumdar·Stuart Maconie·The North
