Analyse the shelves of any big bookshop and you will see that the theme of larder cookery is bigger than ever before. From preserves, to cured meats, pickles, chutneys, condiments, liqueurs, charcuterie and confit, the focus of home cooking is returning to the most important repository of all our hunter-gatherer-cooking endeavours: the pantry. It is […]
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At The Foodie Bugle we are always interested in looking at the various ways in which food, its packaging, advertising and labelling affects us, inspires us, captivates us, and ultimately ensnares us into a purchase. When we read about David Meldrum’s Food Illustrator project we were, quite simply, bowled over with the whole concept, its […]
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I find myself in a derelict 1930’s squash court with Sir William Hanham, thirteenth Baronet of Deans Court in Wimborne, just outside the walls of his estate. He is showing me where his new cookery school, restaurant and supper club dining room are going to be built, and how the room is going to be structured […]
Continue readingAny book on kitchenalia is warranted to garner interest from us – we sell so much of it in the shop and are, frankly obsessed with all things vintage. Vinny Lee is the Interiors Editor of The Times Magazineand is a prolific writer – there are 25 books to her name and many more glossy magazine articles as well. […]
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I am standing outside a modern, purpose built bakery on the outskirts of Chipping Sodbury, and the smell of hot bread envelops the midnight air. “Is this building what you were expecting?” asks Tom Herbert, the Marketing Director of Hobbs House Bakery and fifth generation descendant of the original founders of the business, his great-great grandparents, […]
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As a Lombard living in Britain for a quarter of a century, there is one cookery writer whose work has influenced my life more than any other, and who I wanted to meet ever since the publication of “Portrait of Pasta” in 1976. Since then, “The Classic Food of Northern Italy”, “The Gastronomy of Italy”, […]
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From the moment we caught sight of Kiran Ravilious’ beautiful prints and designs on aprons, tea towels, nakpkins, cards and shopping bags, we beat a hasty retreat back to HQ to make sure she was included in our list of “must have” things for the kitchen and dining room. We love her use of bold […]
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It’s early spring, the weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and the vegetable garden is entering the ‘hungry gap’. This is the time of year when fresh, home grown vegetables can be thin on the ground. Most of the winter crops have been used, and it will still be a few weeks […]
Continue readingWe stock Norfolk Saffron, grown by Sally Francis, in The Foodie Bugle Shop, but until I contacted Sally I had no idea you could grow saffron in East Anglia, nor that it has grown there historically. A tiny amount goes a long, long way – I just use a pinch to make a golden Milanese risotto […]
Continue readingWe are organising a floristry workshop demonstration in our Bath shop – all the details are in the poster on the right hand side. Polly Nicholson {nee Bayntun} has a Diploma in floristry from the Chelsea Physic Garden and has created the Bayntun Flowers business on her Wiltshire estate, at the foot of the Marlborough Downs near Calne. Her […]
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