Archive for November, 2006
South African Food Specialities in the UK
I guess you must really, really, really love Biltong for someone to send you a basket full of the stuff! But here you go, specialist South African deli Susmans is offering just that. The Susmans Lekker Biltong Hamper has 10 different packs of Biltong at £30; just for Christmas.
There might be more interest in the [...]
The English Cheesecake Company
What a great name - Cheesecake Charlie! A name Philip Weldon’s grandfather gave him after launching The English Cheesecake Company back in 1992. He began using a family cheesecake recipe that dates back several generations but now offers a full and ever changing range from Puddings and pies though to tarts, brownies and cakes.
And they [...]
Foodie Gift: Cake Tin and Cutters
Kitchen equipment seems to fall into two categories - the ultra modern with cool, clean lines and metal or black finishes or the ‘retro’ with connotations of ‘your mothers kitchen’ harking to an earlier golden age of home baking and home-making, all pastel shades and hard-worn durability.
Firmly in the latter camp is this cake [...]
Antony Worrall Thompson’s Weekend Cookbook
Antony Worrall Thompson was in the centre of Henley the other week - he lives nearby - signing his latest book.
His move from Saturday morning BBC TV over to ITV forced a rename of the book. Originally it was going to be a Saturday Kitchen recipe book but is now under a cover proclaiming it [...]
Christmas Puddings
Why is that many profess a dislike of Christmas Pudding? I put most of the refusal to countenance a spoonful or three down to over indulging in the courses prior; after which the thought of a heavy pile of fruity stodge makes it hard, even for a guts like myself, to enjoy fully.
So what [...]