Love: Food
A Beginners Guide to… Cheese with Simon Day and Paxton & Whitfield
An appealing cheese board is the perfect finale to a great meal; a tempting spread of various cheeses with tangy chutney and some fresh grapes tops off an evening’s eating. But where to begin? Supermarket aisles teem with tempting dairy delights and specialist cheesemongers can be overwhelming. Cheese guru Simon Day from Unearthed (http://discoverunearthed.wordpress.com)... »
Valentine’s Day Ideas
Ponti’s Italian Kitchen, W1 Get down and dirty by making your own pizzas at Pontis! Couples will do everything from dough throwing to topping the pizza, which will then be cooked in the wood burning stove and served up in the restaurant. The offer includes a glass of Prosecco and a choice of Italian ice-cream... »
Great food… for free, from www.Graze.com
Get yourself a personalised box of natural, tasty food sent straight to you at work or home. Graze offers natural goodness ranging from fresh pineapple to exotic goji berries, olives to black pepper cashews and yoghurt coated apricots to chocolate coated nuts. All their food is 100% natural and every box is handpicked just for... »
Plateau, E14
Unless you live or work in the area, the Docklands is a bit of a mystery to most of us. Up until recently, it was just a place where high powered bankers selflessly(!) went about their daily lives, making sure that we all got rich with them. OK, so it didn’t quite work out... »
Christmas Treats
Mr Kipling’s Christmas Pudding Slices If the craving for Christmas pud gets too much and you just can’t wait, grab yourself some treats from Mr Kipling’s new seasonal range. In particular these Christmas Pudding Slices provide moist rich fruit cake slices with a layer of brandy sauce in the middle which creates a delicious version... »
Christmas Gift Ideas
Green & Blacks Gold Chocolate Library Who needs books for Christmas when you’ve got a library full of chocolate! This beautifully presented gold presentation gift box opens to reveal 12 bars of Green & Blacks signature flavour experiences, ranging from the intense dark 85% to milk and white varieties. It certainly sounds more fun than... »
Winter Wonderland @ Hyde Park, until 3 Jan
Not too sure if it’s too early to be talking Christmas yet, but if nothing else, this sounds looks like a fun event. Highlights include central London’s largest outdoor ice rink and Zippo’s Christmas Circus, which will hold performances every night in a heated big top. They’ve also got loads of rides, a German... »
Weird (and Wonderful?)
Marmite Cereal Bars As with all things Marmite, these new cereal bars are either truly heavenly or total madness. Packed full of chewy oats, wheat & rice these new bars pack a Mike Tyson sized Marmite punch – and that’s coming from someone who actually enjoys a bit of Marmite on toast! Available in packs... »
DIY for Foodies
Winona’s Fresh Organic Baking Mixes There are few things more satisfying than being able to lick the cake or biscuit mix out of a bowl when you’re baking. All that rich, gooey mixture is almost as good as the end product itself. This new range of baking mixes takes most of the hassle out of... »
