Christmas Cookies. Tis the season to be jolly – and having fun making all those tasty and yummy specialities that we love to eat at Christmas. Living on the east coast of England, East Yorkshire in fact, our favourite family food to enjoy at Christmas must be influenced by so many factors, and so many ethnic […]
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Suggestions for useful cookware to use at Christmas
Lakeland UK – Brilliant products and prizes
Lakeland UK – Lakeland catalogues have provided us with kichen gadgets and cookware, for many years, and the recent catalogues and the website are overflowing with brilliant cookware products, Christmas gifts and, even more exciting, very special prizes to help this Lakeland UK family firm celebrate almost 60 years in business. So many fantastic prizes – […]
From Wooden Spoon to Table
From Wooden Spoon to Table is the best way I could describe the variety of goods John Lewis has for us this Christmas. This being a food blog (and a bit of everything else occasionally), I wanted to find everything you need to help you cook the most brilliant Christmas Dinner – and then how […]
Christmas Cooking & Cookware: Part One
Now’s the time that the cook in the house starts to think about Christmas preparations. If you’re like me, Christmas cooking and cookware suddenly jump into your mind, and you think ‘Heavens, where on earth is my Turkey platter, where are the mince-pie tins? Help.’ After all, Stir-Up Sunday is just around the corner, and […]
Lakeland Catalogue – more than ever
The other day a large ‘thump’ landed on my doormat. Wondering what on earth it was that could make such a noise, I was amazed to see it was the new Lakeland catalogue. Huge, enormous, bigger than ever. So I turned the iron off (any excuse!) and found a comfy chair, which is hard […]
“These are a few of my favourite things ……”
“These are a few of my favourite things ……” No. Definitely not ‘raindrops on roses‘ at the moment. We are having too much of that in the UK. But I was just thinking of all the lovely presents to either give or receive at Christmas, and have put together some of the great gifts that […]
The Emporium – Go Shopping
The Emporium – Go Shopping is thrilled to add Lakeland, (The Home of Creative Kitchenware) to our list of Approved Merchants. Lakeland cover just about every piece of kitchenware, bakeware, cookware, and home cleaning products and gifts and offer world-wide delivery. I’ve just written about their brilliant new cookie cutters and chocolate making equipment and moulds. […]
“Divertimenti” has joined our list of Merchants
We are so thrilled that “Divertimenti” has joined our list of Merchants in The Emporium – Go Shopping. With over 4.500 quality products The most amazing cookshop for cooks, amateur and professional. With over 4,500 products of cookware, gadgets, knives & boards, bakeware & sugarcraft, tableware, hand-crafted pottery from Provence (it’s beautiful) and classes to inspire […]
Creativity is timeless
Creativity is timeless. Astrid and I recently visited an exhibition at the gallery of the Yorkshire artist Tom Harland. He shared his studio space on the day with two old art school buddies who are highly original and creative potters – John Reid and Peter Colbridge. John is an old friend of yore and Peter […]
My Favourite Matthew Rice Mug
My Favourite Matthew Rice mug is this one, his ‘Year in the Country 2012′, which echoes the creative, fun style of his classic ‘Year in the Country’ calendars (which I buy every year for us, family and our best friends). The Mug and the calendar together would make a great present for someone special. I’ve […]
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