Belvoir Fruit Farms
The ideal cocktail & mocktail mix
23rd December 2011
Christmas celebrations are often awash with fairly mediocre mulled wine – mediocre in the sense that it tastes great at the time, but clobbers you the next day with an unwarranted hangover. We’ve come to the conclusion that one of the best ways to be the hostess (or host) with the mostest is to come … [more…]
Do something lovely!
13th December 2011
If something is really special, then everyone deserves to know about it. So, we’ve just launched our Lovely Awards to achieve exactly this. If you know of a wonderful deli, farm shop or café, or a foodie blog that is particularly interesting and entertaining, then nominate it for one of our awards. It can be … [more…]
Raising the roof at Christmas
7th December 2011
Wouldn’t Christmas be miserable if you couldn’t go to your local church to enjoy the beauty of a carol service or to celebrate midnight mass? Many of our Christmas traditions are under threat thanks to the rotten thugs who’ve been nicking lead from church roofs. It’s been happening all over the country, but it seems … [more…]
Advent Calendar Conundrums
2nd December 2011
It doesn’t matter how old you are, the magic of an advent calendar is priceless. But who would have thought they could be so controversial? Several people came into work this morning having had to indulge in all-in wrestling to prevent their offspring from eating all their calendar chocolate in one fell swoop. Conversely, Becky, … [more…]