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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Thomasina Miers'
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
Tags:British favourites·Chocolate·Food trends·Foodie gifts·Gower Cottage Brownies·Local food·Raymond Blanc·Real Food Festival·Richard Bertinet·Thomasina Miers
The Friday Five – getting hot and spicy
March 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Cookbooks, Eating with kids, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Mexican Food, Spirits
I’m a couple of weeks behind the launch date, but I wanted to feature Thomasina Miers’ Mexican Food. I have had two of the best evenings at Wahaca, which takes Mexican food, and tequila, to another level for me. The difference between Wahaca and somewhere like Chiquitos is like the difference between Burger King and Hawksmoor. So, [...]
Tags:cocktails·Cookbooks·Cooking with kids·Mexican Food·spices·tequila·Thomasina Miers
The Saturday Session – Quince Envy!
October 10th, 2009 · No Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Fruit & Veg, Ingredients, Meat treats, Places to eat, Places to shop online, Preserving, Recipes, Saturday Session, Savoury gifts, Spanish food
I had moments of pure envy this week! Thomasina Miers was tweeting that she was experimenting with quince, poaching them with vanilla pods, and then making them into a custard. Which all sounded delicious, but there’s been no sniff of a quince around here yet! And I have such a hankering to try to make [...]
Tags:Bellota·Manchego·membrillo·quince·quince cheese·Thomasina Miers
