After a short break we're back with a fantastic new Blogger of the Week - Emma Attenborough who is Editor of the excellent Kitchen Bitching. Tell us a bit about yourself and your blog I’m a freelance writer and content manager, and have recently taken on the role of editor (@emmaattenB) of Kitchen Bitching, which was launched back in January 2012 by the DIGITAL bungalow blog group (@DigiBungalo…
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This week's Blogger of the Week is the lovely Hef's Kitchen, a blog dedicated to all sorts of wonderful vegetarian and vegan recipes plus plenty of indulgent baked treats including this incredible cakey creation. Written by the lovely Heather, we've chatted baking, brownies and black bean chilli! Tell us a bit about yourself and your blog I've loved food all of my life and have been vegetarian for 8 years now. My…
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Here at Love Your Larder HQ we're always striving to eat that little healthier, perhaps cut out some of the excess sugar and gluten from our diets and think a bit more creatively about ingredients. One lady we know doing that is Ella, from Deliciously Ella who has a blog full of recipes perfect for a healthy, happy and nutritious lifestyle. She's shared with us the inspiring story behind her blog and why we should think again about g…
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As you know, we love sharing our favourite food blogs with you and this week's blogger of the week London Bakes is a stunning example of why we love them so much - beautifully shot photographs of mouth watering food. And even better, although all the recipes look sinfully indulgent, they are made using natural, healthy ingredients, what more could we want! We've had a chat with Kathryn, the author of London Bakes, about the inspirati…
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The Grazer is one of our favourite bloggers, with a site full of incredible recipes, interesting writing and a little history behind all her creations. From home made salami to duck hearts on toast, gorgeous fish stew to wild garlic pesto, you are bound to find a dish you just have to make, and it's all photographed beautifully. We've had a chat with Anna, the talented lady behind The Grazer, about her wonderful blog, where h…
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This week's Blogger of the Week, The Feel Good Foodbook caught our eye with her enthusiastic approach to championing new producers and her #project366 to photograph something tasty and edible(ish) every day of the year. Many people embark on these projects and give up after a couple of weeks but Katyis still going strong - you can check out all her pictures so far on her pinterest board. Originally from Dorset, Katy moved to …
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If you were the youngest ever winner of masterchef what would you do after your victory? Go and cook in some fancy restaurant or go brew up some awesome beers and run one of the coolest pubs in London? Tim Anderson, winner of the 2011 series of Masterchef chose the latter having worked in partnership with those upstart punks BrewDog as well as managing The Euston Tap, a tiny craft beer in one of the old lodge houses outside Euston station. Alt…
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Our blogger of the week title doesn't really fit this weeks site; Peach Trees anad Bumblebees isn't just a blog but an entire foodie community, that any one can contribute to and submit features for. The clever lady behind it all is Ashley Fryer, who started the site after realising she needed somewhere to keep her rapidly growing repetoire of recipes and people to share in her love of excessive butter consumption. With over 50 activ…
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We have a nosey around the larder and life of Maunika Gowardhan, food blogger, private chef and all round purveyor of incredible and authentic Indian food. Kheema Pav, Spiced Chocolate Barfi, Gatta ki Sabji. Perhaps not things you regularly cook but these are just some of the authentic Indian dishes you can find carefully explained and mouth wateringly photographed on cookinacurry.co.uk. Given more recognisable descriptions Kheema Pav is a d…
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With a blog titled Lady Loves Cake, author Katherine MacGregor is a girl after our own heart. Her blog tells of adventures through a foodie London and her tales of travels further afield have us reaching for our suitcase and passport. After spending her twenties travelling the world, she is now settled in London's East End and her blog regularly features the best places to eat around the city. Later in the week, Katherine will shar…
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We read the other day that in the last year there has been a 54% increase in the number of start up cake businesses and since 2009 there has been an overall 325% increase – that’s a hell of a lot more cakes being made and eaten in the UK. Some of the tastiest, prettiest and most adventurous cakes we've seen come from Lily Vanilli, whose gorgeous creations have lead to her own recipe book, A Zombie Ate My Cupcake and cafe which …
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We read lots of blogs, about all sorts of things (kittens) but given our obsession with good food, interesting recipes and delectable photography, food blogs will always be our first love.We wanted to introduce you to some of our favourite bloggers; telling you a bit about them and their wonderful sites and most importantly what they like to make! Each week we will introduce you to our new Blogger of the Week, kicking off this week we …
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Often we look at a recipe book, and think 'O, wow that looks like an interesting recipe and so simple to make' and hours later, we're covered in sweat, swearing and stressed that our pastry crust has turned into a crumbly mess and there's gravy all over the bottom of the oven. Wouldn't it be good if there was someone out there to test these recipes for us, take the nice bits of some and leave out the bad bits of others un…
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In our first interview for Life In The Larder, we talk to the marvellous Kerstin Rodgers, founder of The Underground Restaurant and author of The Supper Club recipe book. We peer into her fridge and learn a bit more about life as a writer, blogger and all round foodie wonder woman. Everyone knows about Supper clubs now, it's likely you've been to one, or maybe even hosted one yourself. Combining good quality, well cooked food at a de…
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