I know, eating local is nothing new, it was all the rage last year. And, lets face it, 2008 and 2009 were incredibly tough years for everyone and just when we thought there was light at the end of the tunnel the snow came. We all wanted to hibernate. Nice and warm, but bad for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sausages'
Eat, Drink, Shop Locally Like Never Before
January 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Bread, British favourites, Cheese, Foodie gifts, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online
Tags:British favourites·Brocklebys·Colston Bassett Stilton·food markets·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Ingredients·Local food·Melton Mowbray·pork pies·Red Lion Inn·Sausages·Sparkenhoe Red Leicester
What do your team want for Christmas?
November 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Christmas foodie gifts, Foodie gifts, Meat treats, Places to shop online
I think I’ve possibly heard the oddest, but most foodie, Christmas request from a team over this weekend. The team of builders from Poland who work for a friend are not having a Christmas bonus, but are having a whole pig. A dead pig, but a whole one, which apparently will be converted into a [...]
Tags:Charcuterie·Christmas foodie gifts·Foodie gifts·kabanos·pig·Polish food·rare breed pigs·Sausages·unusual foodie gifts
Bring on the bangers!
November 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Meat treats
Another great food week to celebrate, as it’s National Sausage Week. Can’t beat a good sausage I feel, and we’re lucky that we still have a butcher in the village who makes fabulous Lincolnshire sausage. If you ever eat at the Red Lion Inn then you can get to experience them too. What else is [...]
Tags:British favourites·Cumbrian sausage·Ingredients·Jimmy's Farm·O'Hagans sausages·Sausages
The Friday Five – Being Single-Minded
August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Christmas foodie gifts, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Meat treats
Having written about a whole load of tomatoes providing a whole heap of fun, I thought this week’s cook books should be about a single ingredient. And you’d be amazed what’s out there! So, if the foodie you’re shopping for has an ingredient they adore, there’ll probably be a book about it! Here’s a few [...]
Tags:banana·Cookbooks·Fat·Foodie gifts·Heirloom Tomatoes·Ingredients·Nudo·olive oil·Sausages·Tomato