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Archive for the ‘food and drink’ Category
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
  
These three mugs are all part of the chinaware collection from designer, Sophie Allport.
They come from the New Sequence range of mugs and each features a themed design with small images in a sequence. There’s a whole host of designs to choose from, but we rather like these three - The Good Life, Home Grown and Lay A Little Egg for Me!
Each of the mugs costs £8.50 and you can find them on Sophie Allport’s website.
Tags: china, mug, Sophie Allport
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
 Have fun with melted chocolate Ah, fondue. Before you get start thinking about cheesy ’70s fondues, let us remind you that the good old fondue can also be used for delightful melted chocolate.
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day then to enjoy some melted chocolate with your partner.
This Kitchen Craft fondue set is made from enameled cast iron and comes with six colour coded fondue forks. Serve it with fresh fruit, like strawberries, melon or grapes, or squishy marshmallows, and get dipping!
The fondue set is available on Amazon, where you can also stock up on supplies of fondue chocolate.
Tags: Amazon, cast iron, chocolate, chocolate fondue, fondue, Kitchen Craft
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
  
If you thought tea sets were boring and old fashioned, think again.
Tina Tsang’s Blaue Blume white tea set ceramics, with their lace pattern textures, have been given a funky modern twist by using legs as handles.
From a tea cup and teapot with leg handles, to a cake stand with legs popping out of the top, Tina Tsang’s designs are nothing short of quirky and memorable.
Granted, they may not be too everyone’s taste, but they’re certainly a different take on traditional designs.
The teacup (£35), teapot (£65) and cake stand (£128) can be purchased from All Things Original. You can even choose whether you want the dainty feet to have red or black shiny shoes.
What do you think - do you love ‘em or hate ‘em?
Tags: All Things Original, Blaue Blume, ceramics, tea set, Tina Tsang
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
 Heart casserole Le Creuset are renowned for making high quality, long lasting kitchenware and this gorgeous red heart shaped casserole dish is no exception.
Made from cast iron, and in shades of cerise, the casserole dish is shaped like a heart and comes with a lid. It can hold up to 1.9 litres.
As well as cooking up delicious casseroles and stews in it, you can also use the dish for making soups, stock, rice dishes and even for baking cakes.
The dish is made from cast iron, so it is quite heavy (2.7kg), but it’s hardwearing and long-lasting and can be used on the hob, in the oven or under the grill.
Head over to Amazon to buy your heart casserole dish.
If you think the cast iron is too heavy for you, then a lighter stoneware version is available too.
Tags: Amazon, casserole, cast iron, dish, heart, heart shaped, Le Creuset, pan, stoneware
Posted in Valentine's Day, baking, designer, food and drink, kitchen, kitchen accessories | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
 Bake heart shaped muffins There are a lot of heart-shaped novelty homeware items on the market, but this is at least one of the more practical ones.
If you love baking, then why not buy this to bake your loved one some heart-shaped muffins?
The tin is made from super flexible silicone, which makes it easy to store (you can bend it and squeeze it in smaller spaces, compared to traditional metal tins) and easy to use, as you don’t need to grease it.
This six cup silicone heart shaped muffin tin is £9.99 on Amazon.
Tags: Amazon, cupcake, heart shaped, muffin, silicone
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
 Quirky chip set Relive happy memories of eating chips out of newspaper, with your very own French fries chip and dip set.
Produced from porcelain china, with an authentic newspaper print, this quirky piece is designed to look like a bag that would have chips in, but is durable enough to be used again and again.
You don’t just get the chip bag though, there’s also a dinky little sauce pot, ready to hold your favourite chip sauce accompaniment.
The French fries chip and dip sauce set will set you back £7.50 at Oliver Bonas.
Tags: china, chip, chip and dip, dip set, Oliver Bonas, sauce
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
 
Designed by Maxwell and Williams, and part of the Cashmere range, the Allegro dinner set is a fresh and stylish design that would work well in many a modern kitchen.
Available in noir (black and white) or rouge (red and white) the stripy design is made from fine bone china. Whilst the pieces can be bought seperately, a starter pack of 20 pieces - four dinner plates, four side plates, four soup bowls and four tea cups and saucers - is available from Cook in Style. If you need dinnerware for larger numbers, you can always buy two sets or add to it in the future.
Usually priced at £110 per set, the Cashmere Allegro 20 piece dinner sets are currently reduced down to a more tasty sounding £70 per set.
Both colour choices are available and you’ll find them at Cook in Style.
Tags: Allegro, bone china, dining, dinner set, dinnerware, Maxwell and Williams, monochrome
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
 Beautiful white jug Everyone needs a white jug or two, but why go for a plain old boring design when you could have this wonderful pelican jug?
Designed by Maxwell and Williams, and made from fine white porcelain, the jug is gorgeously stylish and will hold 0.9 litres of liquid.
It will look great on a table, but also equally good displayed in your kitchen or dining room when not in use.
Ziggi Ziggi have the pelican jug in stock and reduced from £10 to £7.50.
Tags: jug, Maxwell and Williams, pelican jug, Ziggi Ziggi
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
Hot drinks have been firmly on the agenda in recent weeks and if you’re out and about, then carrying a hot flask of coffee or tea is the perfect way of ensuring you’ve always got a hot refreshment to hand, even if you’re out in the cold weather.
We love all three of these quirky and colourful thermos flask designs. There’s a trendy owl design, a wordy ‘baby it’s cold outside’ flask or a totally dotty spotty flask. It’s a tough choice, but we’re opting for the cute owl.
The flasks are £15 each at Berry Red.
Tags: Berry Red, bird trend, flask, hot drinks, owl, picnic, spotty, thermos flask
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
 Serve and play What a fun way to serve olives!
This ceramic dish is shaped like a solitaire board, so you can lay your olives out in a classic solitaire formation and try and clear the board.
Of course, if you want a less challenging version, you could just eat them.
As well as olives, the board is perfect for use with chocolates, like Maltesers, mini chocolate eggs or other small nibbles.
The ceramic board measures 20cm by 2ocm by 3cm, comes boxed and is in the sale at Berry Red.
Tags: Berry Red, chocolate, entertaining, mini eggs, olives, solitaire
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