I wrote at the weekend about getting ready to plant your veg, or plug plants, ready for having crops of your own later in the year. It’s amazing what a little bit of sunshine can inspire you to do! So for this week’s Friday Five, here are 5 books to help you towards self sufficiency, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Preserves'
The Friday Five – Working towards the good life
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Preserving
Tags:allotments·Grow your own·jam making·Preserves·Preserving·self sufficiency·vegetable growing
The best meal of the day
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Bread, Breakfast, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
I love breakfast. To be fair, I love weekend breakfasts, holiday breakfasts, breakfasts out…anywhere really where it’s relaxed and, preferably, someone else has made it. And if you didn’t make someone breakfast in bed on Valentine’s Day, then do it just as a surprise on any other day, or take them somewhere special, or just [...]
Tags:Alf Resco·Breakfast·British favourites·Carnegie Deli·Jams·Lantana Cafe·marmalade·Preserves·Sillfield Farm·The Pickled Village·The Wolseley
Last minute gifts for foodies this Christmas
December 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Beer & Lager, Bread, Christmas foodie gifts, Courses, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Italian food, Kitchenwares, Picnics, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Spanish food, Sweet treats
You’ve been making a list, checking it twice, you’ve worked out what’s naughty and what’s nice. And now you’re having a sudden panic as you’ve counted up the presents and you’ve forgotten someone! If it’s a foodie gift you’ve forgotten, then never fear! Here’s some last minute suggestions you can still order in, so no [...]
Tags:beer coolers·beetroot relish·British favourites·caviar·Christmas·Christmas foodie gifts·cocktails·cookery courses·cupcakes·Foodie gifts·gourmet experiences·Hampers·Heal's·Ingredients·Jamie Oliver·Jams·last minute gifts·last minute presents·macaroons·Marmite gifts·Novelli Academy·pate gifts·Picnics·Preserves·tea towels·The School of Artisan Foods·truffle
These are not just any foodie gifts…
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Chocolate, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Italian food, Kitchenwares, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
Lets face it, Marks & Spencer is a Christmas institution, which is not necessarily where you want to spend Christmas. But if it was the only place still open on Christmas Eve, then there are some choices I would make on the foodie gift front. Actually, some of these are definitely worth turning up for [...]
Tags:Afternoon tea·Baking·British favourites·chocoholic·Chocolate·Christmas·Cookbooks·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·Gluten Free·Gluten free gifts·Jams·M&S·Marks & Spencer·Percy Pig·Preserves·Risotto·vintage
The Saturday Session – the joys of a horticultural show
September 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Kitsch cooking, Preserving, Recipes, Saturday Session
It’s one of those big events in our village today: the annual horticultural show. Oh yes, there are still horticultural and village shows going strong, and there has been competitive pumkin and bean growing going on for months. No tales of sabotage yet but still time for that to surface! As well as veg and [...]
Tags:Baking·British favourites·chutney·Cookbooks·fruit cake·Grow your own·home baking·horticultural show·jam making·Jams·Kitsch cooking·lemon curd·marmalade·Nigel Slater·Preserves·The Cottage Smallholder·treacle fruit cake·vol au vent·WI·Women's Institute
First out the Christmas gifts gate at Debenhams
August 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Naff presents, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats
Yesterday I brought you Selfridges, today it’s Debenhams. I know you’re going to get in quick for some of these! I have to say, it is a mix of the good, bad and ugly. Here’s a quick selection: 1. Snowball and glass set – a retro favourite, beloved Christmas tipple of my grandma. I think [...]
Tags:A Quarter Of·awful gifts·Debenhams·ginger·Jams·Mrs Bridges·mustards·Preserves·retro drinks·retro sweets·Snowball
Blood oranges, the next big thing?
July 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Recipes, Savoury gifts, Sweet treats, Uncategorized
I was looking at the prizewinners of the 2009 Sofi winners at the National Fancy Food Show in New York last week. Firstly, why can’t we have a Fancy Food Show, loving the name! Secondly, in case you didn’t know, a Sofi is awarded for specialty outstanding food innovation. Now you know. There are 33 [...]
Tags:blood orange·Food trends·Ingredients·Jams·Preserves·Sofi awards