I have become more and more bitterly disappointed with supermarket bacon over the years; the wafer thin strips that spew grey, salty water into the pan so they poach rather than fry, withering up into tiny corrugated flaps of anaemic disappointment. You can taste the pig’s depression in the meat. I was a little dubious [...]
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A few weeks back I was contacted by a PR company asking me to review an Interflora Mothers Day gift. I was sent the Biscuiteers Shoe Box – a lovely gift set of tea cup and glitzy shoe shaped chocolate biscuits all nestled in a decorative tin. For the shoe lover they really are an [...]
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When the lovely folks over at Abel & Cole sent me a fabulous selection of drinks to review, there was hidden amongst them a bottle of Prospect Sussex Pale Ale. Prospect is a traditional 4.5% Ale brewed by Hepworth& Co. a brewery based in Horsham, West Sussex (who also produce the Blonde Lager I reviewed a [...]
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A couple of weeks back a lovely friend of mine, Kerry Anne, from New Zealand sent me a lovely collection of food magazines, Dish, Cuisine and Australian Vogue Entertaining + Travel. I have to confess that all three are of a much higher standard than the ones gracing our newsagent shelves here in the UK. [...]
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Another drink review for you. This time it is Frascati Superiore ‘Terre Laviche’, Casale Mattia 2006/7 courtesy of Abel & Cole. The Casale Mattia is situated in the volcanic hills south of Rome, in the epicentre of the Frascati production area. Frascati is a wine known throughout the world and is the standard-bearer of the [...]
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The Christmas season is nearly upon us, a time of year I love – a time to spend with family and friends – but it can be a trifle stressful too, to add to your worries about cooking for everyone, fitting everyone in and keeping everybody happy you’re left worrying about presents as well. Much [...]
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All this dreary wet weather recently has left me longing after sunnier climes, whilst I can’t just hop on a jet plane and head off into the sunset at a moments notice I can get creative in the kitchen and produce food that induces memories of holidays gone by and gives the illusion of warmth [...]
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Abel & Cole have very kindly sent me a box of alcoholic beverages to review. Now it will take me a wee while to work my way through all of them, I know, it’s a tough job but somebody has to do it I know many of you have read about Abel & Cole on [...]
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I know it’s taken me a good while to get around to telling you, my lovely readers, that I visited the Ludlow Food Festival this year. What a delight, a sight to behold indeed. Stand upon stand of fabulous foods, drinks and kitchenalia all set out in the picturesque town centre of Ludlow. It goes [...]
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If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens Robert Browning A few days back I received an email from the company who arrange most of the product reviews I do (such as this one and this one) saying that they have a new client Kerrymaid and to get things started [...]
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As I mentioned in my last post, I have been asked to review some Pork & Leek Sausages from Abel & Cole. Abel & Cole on their website say: We get our sausages, made to our own special recipe, from Laverstoke Park in Hampshire. The pigs have acres of glorious of room to roam around [...]
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