09 5 / 2013
Do you also get super excited by discovering new ingredients and food products? I have to admit I suffer from the discovering-something-new-addiction, it’s just so much fun. I usually rummage the shelves in supermarkets and in little food shops, but how great would it be to get new fantastic products sent to your home?
I did just experience this a few weeks ago, when the lovely people being the Foodies Larder sent me one of their monthly Food Hampers. It’s basically a box stuffed with the most amazing Spanish products.
Nick and Alejandra select products from the Spanish countryside (think organic markets and artisan producers who are creating high quality produce in sustainable ways) and pack a selection of their best finds into their monthly hampers. I have to say the quality of all the products was remarkable.
In my box I received the following:
- Savory crackers stuffed with goats cheese: perfect to nibble on with a glass of wine. I really liked the texture, which is crispy on the outside and then you’re surprised by a soft goats cheese centre.
- Goats cheese: This cheese comes from the queseria Villuercas, a chesemaker in the Extermadura region of spain. It’s a hard goats cheese with a mild aroma. I shaved some of it over grilled asparagus, which was delicious.
- Palm Honey: This ‘honey’ is made from the sap of palm trees. It’s a traditional produce of the Canary Island of La Gomera. Even though it’s called ‘honey’, it tastes more of mollasses and reminded me slightly of Thai ketjap manis. It’s deep, caramelized flavour works really well in combination with the goats cheese that was in the hamper. Also, the guys from Foodies Larder suggest to eat it with fried aubergines, as you can see here in their lovely video: http://www.thefoodieslarder.co.uk/recipes/vegetarian/crispy-aubergine-slices-with-palm-honey/
- Extra virgin olive oil infused with basil: Need I say anything about this?! Amaaaaazing!
- Chorizo flavoured salt: Now this is pretty genius! It’s like a smoked salt, but pimped with the depth of flavour of Spanish chorizo. The salt is from Biomaris, a producer based near the Portuguese border, specializing in the extraction of sea salt since 1955.
- Oraganic chocolate truffles: These delicious truffles are made by a small family business called Mama Ines. They use organic chocolate and Spanish almonds to make these truffles, and they’re really pretty amazing.
It’s really quite amazing what you can discover in The Foodies Larder boxes, and really exciting to wait for your next box. I actually think this makes for pretty great present too.
So, a big thumbs up to this exciting foodie initiative!
20 4 / 2013
Top 10 walking tours for globetrotting foodies - travel tips and articles - Lonely Planet
Read Top 10 walking tours for globetrotting foodies for travel tips, advice, news and articles from all around the world by Lonely Planet
Fernweh - the longing to travel. After reading this article, it’s definitely Fernweh time for me… Glorious street food from around the globe, rounded up by Lonely Planet.
16 4 / 2013
Last weekend I had a great time filming at the Cake International show in London. Besides meeting the lovely Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, I encountered the strangest cakes - cut-off zombie feet cake anyone?!
28 3 / 2013
This is awesome, hot dogs, burgers, fries, bagels, fish and chips and meatball spaghetti - ALL CAKES!!!
http://www.foodiecakes.co.uk
27 1 / 2013
Love my Kyocera ceramic knife - so sharp it cuts through anything as smoothly as cutting through butter. Just watch those fingers…!
04 10 / 2012
Loving this new monthly magazine which focuses on the simple things that make up so many lovely moments of our lives.
Look out for the monthly feature by my friend Mowie of Mowielicious (http://www.mowielicious.com).
You can have a look at the mag’s website for more inspiration:
24 8 / 2012
Amsterdam Flat
Why book a hotel when you can live somewhere like this for much less money?!
When The Girl in the Laundromat asked me to join her on a trip to Amsterdam, I was game! Especially since she had found this amazing flat on housetrip.com, a site which lets you rent amazing properties around the world.
The flat was bang in the centre of a cool little Amsterdam district, with very nice bars, restaurants and little shops just around the corner. As you see on the last photo, this flat wasn’t just any other flat: it had been featured in various Dutch design magazines and now belongs to Chantal, blogger at Beau Lifestyle. Thank you for an amazing stay!
15 8 / 2012
Coffee Works Project
Bright and airy Islington coffee shop with good cakes.
96-98 Islington High St, N1 8EG, 7424 5020
Transport Angel tube
05 6 / 2012
Behind the scenes: Victoria Sponge Cake shoot
A peak into what goes on behind the scenes of an Anne’s Kitchen photoshoot.
Big picture: You see how using a silver reflector can bounce back amazing light onto your dish.
Small picture left: I didn’t completely fill the cake, because that would have made the cake unsteady. Instead, I only filled the visible edge – the effect is pretty realistic.
The final results can be viewed here!
I’ll be giving you an insight into each food photo shoot from now on, so come back!
