Midweek Meal Essentials box from Campbells Online Butchers
A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of receiving a Midweek Meal Essentials Box from Campbells, a Scottish family-run butcher business that has been around since 1910. The…
Product Reviews
Slow cooker sherry braised whole pork cheeks
Ok, I’m not going to lie – I was pretty scared when these whole pork cheeks (also known as pork jowl) arrived from Swaledale Butchers a few weeks back. For…
This is REAL Kombucha and it’s great!
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ll know we’re fans of Kombucha in this house. We’ve even experimented in making our own and love fermentation with items like…
Cooking the books: My Little French Kitchen by Rachel Khoo
After a month (or two or three) hiatus, it’s time to get cooking the books back up and running. Recently my friend who has possibly more cookbooks than me, had…
Friday night in box from Eversfield Organic
Whether it’s the end of a long week or you just fancy a treat, the ‘Friday Night In Box‘ from Eversfield Organic will most definitely help you unwind. They very…
Cooking the books: Bacon The Cookbook by Niamh Shields
Bacon The Cookbook by Niamh Shields (aka Eat like a girl) was a resounding winner for this month’s cooking the books with well over half of you choosing it over…
Cooking the books: Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz
Ooops… This was meant to be posted in December but somehow, we’re in 2021 now and I’m a little bit late! But, here we go with my last 2020 and…
Mum’s lamb casserole & dumplings
Now, more than ever, we’re shopping online. And not just for things we’ve been buying online for ages but pretty much everything – from Christmas gifts to flowers, clothes, furniture……
Discovering just how special sake is
I’ve had sake before – both here in the UK, one drunken night in Australia and of course in Japan. I knew the basics – that it’s a fermented alcohol…
Cooking the books: Salt and Time by Alissa Timoskhina
This is a gorgeous book. Written by Russian born Alissa Timoshkina founder of KinoVino supper club among other things. I was fortunate to meet her at Abergavenny Food Festival last…