What a day Friday was! Came back laden down, foot sore and thrilled to have met so many folk for the first time, not to mention catching up with some familiar faces. My highlights, discoveries and goodies as follows: * The tweetup/flashmob at Gower Cottage Brownies. To the bemusement of the non Twitterers, there was [...]
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Reflections on Real Food Festival
May 9th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Alcohol free drinks, Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Dairy, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, Ingredients, Places to shop online, Savoury gifts
Tags:bad food choices·Belper Knolle·Cafe On·Chiltern Coldpressed Rapeseed Oil·Five Valleys Cordials·Gower Cottage Brownies·Richard Bertinet·Womersley Foods
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
Christmas gifts for difficult foodies – the “don’t buy me anything” type
November 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Courses, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Foodie treats, Naff presents, Sweet treats
It’s coming round to that time of year, when you’ve ticked all the easy ones of your list, and you’re facing into the fact you’ve only got that one awkward so and so to still shop for. We all have at least one, and every year it’s tough going. My best advice is shop early [...]
Tags:A Quarter Of·Action Aid·BeRo·British favourites·charity gifts·Christmas·Christmas foodie gifts·Cookbooks·Foodie gifts·Grow your own·home baking·Jams·Peanut Brittle·Pontefract Cakes·Practical Presents·retro sweets·Richard Bertinet·The School of Artisan Foods
Our daily bread
October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, Bread, Cookbooks, Courses, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Ingredients, Uncategorized
There are a few aromas that you cannot beat when you open your front door, and baking bread has to be one of them. Beloved trick of estate agents I know, but just such an amazing smell. So, as it’s National Baking Week, maybe bread is a great gift to give. If you don’t have [...]
Tags:Baking·Bread·bread maker·bread making·British favourites·cookery courses·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·home baking·Hovis tins·Ingredients·Richard Bertinet