Food from December 2011
December 2011 Food Archive from Foodepedia
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Kelly’s of Cornwall Clotted Cream & Brandy Butter Ice Cream, a Winter Warmer!
Friday December 23rd, 2011With winter amongst us what better way to keep warm than with a dose of 12-year-old brandy churned in with Kelly’s of Cornwall Clotted Cream & Brandy Butter Ice Cream?
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Unearthed® make holiday nibbling that bit easier
Thursday December 22nd, 2011If you feel a little guilty loading up your larder with products of somewhat dubious provenance, and with a few days left before the big day, you can still get in some quality snacks and nibbles to delight Aunty Win and get caught in Gran’s upper plate.
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How to make - and eat - Asda's Extra Special Creamy Lancashire Cheese
Wednesday December 21st, 2011If you usually reach for the same slab of cheese every time you shop, surely Christmas is the time you should let your eye wander along the whole length of the supermarket cheese selection, looking and thinking differently? Joanna Biddolph discovered how Asda's Extra Special Creamy Lancashire Cheese is made and, more importantly, how to eat it at Christmas.
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Duerr's Yourself a Flavour
Wednesday December 21st, 2011When Duerr's, who have been making preserves for 130 years, offered us some mincemeat to taste test, we jumped at the chance. But were they any good?
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Tim Anderson goes Malay
Monday December 19th, 2011Not-quite-fresh from his Masterchef victory, Tim Anderson showed Foodepedia, and some other, more special, guests, a few Malaysian recipes that'll add a bit of heat to your winter dinner for Malaysia Kitchen
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Say cheese and get it online with Farmison.com
Friday December 16th, 2011Drop down menus let you narrow down cheese choice by country, hard or soft, type of milk, pasteurised or unpasteurised and then you’re off. We bagged some Berkswell, a Blarliath Smoked, a Blue Stilton (as it’s Xmas), a large Cromarty, a Pecorino and some Ragstone. Portion size of the cheese varies with the type but it’s invariably generous.
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Mery Pinkberry
Thursday December 15th, 2011To celebrate the Californian brand opening its new store in London, Pinkberry have created a collection of limited edition festive toppings, in partnership with renowned food architects ‘The Robin Collective’.
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Gü Gets Glitzy
Wednesday December 14th, 2011I don't know what's better the pudding or the presentation. Dressed in sparkly gold foiling and presented in a table-ready giant bauble, rows of Christmas trees made from dark chocolate sit on top of four layers of Gü pud.
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Christmas At Gail's Bakery
Wednesday December 14th, 2011Gail's Artisan Bakery gets into the spirit of Christmas with a selection of spicy fruit loaves and some classic cakes and cookies.
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Are you man enough to take on the Hot Headz?
Tuesday December 13th, 2011The ladydeez sensibly wanted nothing to do with our taste test and retreated instead to a safe distance while we chaps bragged about our capacity to withstand any amount of scoville scorching and made vulgar jokes about lavatory paper. This was going to be a pushover.
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Bringing home the Denhay Bacon
Tuesday December 13th, 2011No one today seems to think bacon ‘tastes like it used to’, although no one quite knows when exactly that time was or even what it tasted like then. Personally I recall 60’s and 70’s bacon as always having that yucky white dot of bone in it, an addition that my young foodie self would complain vociferously about to any adult within earshot.
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Entertain (or nibble) in style: Asda's Extra Special Christmas range
Monday December 12th, 2011Those nice people at Asda sent us a few samples to try from their Extra Special range. Here’s what our taster Joanna Biddolph thought of the treats in their goody bag:
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The spice is right when we try Spicentice
Friday December 9th, 2011It was with some excitement that we broke open the box of samples from Spicentice and little packets of spice mixtures tumbled to the floor all around us. There must be around 24 spice kits in the range and we seemed to be knee deep in most of them.
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Kit out your Cheese plate with Castello®
Thursday December 8th, 2011These days, for me it’s all about the blue, the kind of blue that could cure a serious bacterial infection. Luckily for me, Castello® cheeses can provide a cheese for walks of life, bacterial or otherwise.
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Kelly’s of Cornwall : A Tub Full Of Berry-licious Creaminess!
Wednesday December 7th, 2011What better way to enjoy Cornish ice cream than with lashings of rich clotted cream and fresh, tangy blackcurrants? Priyanka Kara grabs a spoon to find out just how creamy and berry-licious it gets…
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Genius Gluten Free Mince Pies
Wednesday December 7th, 2011Genius make a whole range of gluten-free products, and as more and more people seem to be gluten intolerant these days, almost as many as those who claim to be dyslexic in fact, this can only be a good thing. Their mince pies are 'no compromise' delicious.
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Indulge with Maison Blanc
Tuesday December 6th, 2011Since 1981 Maison Blanc has been serving up the finest French pastries and cakes to the people of Oxford and the south east of England. Take a look at this year's range of Christmas themed cakes.
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Fizzy and Fruity
Monday December 5th, 2011Luscombe Organic drinks are perfect for non-drinkers or as sophisticated additions to your next cocktail party.