Aug 31, 2010
Read about my meeting with Amanda, owner of Fancie who make delicious cupcakes, in Out of the Woods.
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Categories: Food | Tags: sheffield
Aug 13, 2010
I just had to show you these huge tiger prawns I purchased from S Myers in Kirkgate Market! 2 prawns weighed in at 611g even without heads!
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Categories: Food | Tags: kirkgate market, leeds, southsea, viviers market
Aug 09, 2010
I got an amazing gift of Whoopie Pies from Webstaurant store, all the way from the Bird in Hand Bakery in Pennsylvania.
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Categories: Food | Tags: webstaurant, whoopie pies
Jul 19, 2010
Lay the table is celebrating its one year anniversary! I can hardly believe a whole year has flown by since I first began blogging about food.
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Categories: Want list
Jul 09, 2010
It is with pleasure that I bring you a selection of the week’s highlights from our Norfolk trip….the best restaurants, kitchenware haunts and all things food.
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Categories: Restaurants, Visit | Tags: norfolk
Jul 05, 2010
Read about the delectable de-lish, a bespoke charcuterie in Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
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Categories: Visit | Tags: norfolk, salami
Jun 29, 2010
You’ve pretty much got to have your ears and eyes taped shut not to know about underground restaurants and I’ve longed to attend one for a while. Since living in Leeds I haven’t had an awful lot of opportunity to meet people who aren’t my work colleagues or a friend of my boyfriend’s, so this was the perfect opportunity to find people with a similar interest in a relaxing environment.
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Categories: Restaurants
Jun 21, 2010
Read about local Norfolk shop, Stiffkey Stores and their fabulous cupcakes
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Categories: Visit | Tags: norfolk
Jun 09, 2010
One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about moving to Leeds is learning about new places to eat and buy great kitchen stuff and I wanted to share them with you. So if you’re visiting the nearby area, why not drop in at some of these places.
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Categories: Visit
May 28, 2010
If you enjoy my recipes and blog posts on the site then I’d love you to click on the image below and vote for me in the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards!
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Categories: Press
May 27, 2010
For the past 6 weeks I’ve been on a cake decorating course, learning the basics such as how to put marzipan and royal icing on, plus learning how to make a simple spray of roses and blossom to top the cake with.
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Categories: Courses | Tags: sugarcraft
May 26, 2010
I’ve been eating Jordan’s cereal for about a year now, I chose it because it seemed the healthier option in the sugar filled world of Kellogg’s Frosties and Coco Pops. Now, I’m not an activist or anything like that, but I was a bit shocked however to discover that palm oil is used in the cereals and wrote to ask about where it was sourced from, particularly as they are touting that they are “nature friendly”. This is the reply I got.
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Categories: Food
Apr 11, 2010
As some of you know Lay The Table has taken a move up North – Leeds in fact, and that’s meant I haven’t posted for a little while as I haven’t had internet access at home. On the upside, moving has allowed to me the opportunity to finally get a herb window box. We went [...]
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Categories: Food, Reviews | Tags: chives, herbs, lavender, oregano, rosemary, sage, strawberry, thyme
Mar 26, 2010
Read about Cashel Blue, which I bought on my trip to Fortnum & Mason.
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Categories: Food, Reviews | Tags: cheese
Mar 10, 2010
Admittedly, when I get home in the evenings, I don’t always want to lovingly prepare dishes from scratch, sometimes I get by with a little help from my friend, The Supermarket. Here’s three of these secrets I’ll let you in on…
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Categories: Food, Reviews | Tags: curry, custard, thai
Feb 04, 2010
I’ve been wanting to write this blog post for a while but my favourite gadget list grows on an almost weekly basis. Here I’m bringing you a few of my most favourite (and some even indispensible) kitchen tools which make my life so much easier, and bring a little style to my cooking.
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Categories: Want list
Jan 25, 2010
My review of the newly-opened Restaurant 27
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Categories: Restaurants
Jan 08, 2010
I’ve been featured on the lovely Domestic Sluttery blog today, why not hop over there and read the article?
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Categories: Press
Dec 19, 2009
Read about the delectable Snowdonia Cheese I put in my Christmas hampers this year.
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Categories: Food | Tags: cheese
Dec 17, 2009
Well it’s been a busy few days of being here at Lay The Table HQ, making all sorts of delicious treats for my Christmas hampers. Well here they are!
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Categories: Food
Dec 07, 2009
We found this place whilst heading out to a chinese restaurant we had planned to go to but decided to give this place a try. I love Japanese food as I went there last year and loved everything I tried there, even cow’s stomach at a Japanese indoor BBQ!
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Categories: Restaurants
Nov 29, 2009
It’s the time of year when you really should be poring the Christmas gift selections on websites for other people, but I can’t help but keep adding things to my list! Here’s just a few things I would love to see in my Christmas stocking this year!
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Categories: Want list
Nov 25, 2009
Here’s a couple of my favourite sites to assist your cooking that you may not have heard of.
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Categories: Food
Nov 17, 2009
A review of Betty’s Tea Room and some of the tasty treats available in York.
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Categories: Restaurants | Tags: rosti, salami, stilton