Oh dear – it’s been a really busy few weeks and I am so behind with my foodie penpals posts. Apologies for that. I will be catching up this weekend and promise to try harder next time. I was very excited in August to be paired up with Kate, who had previously sent me an […]
Foodie Penpals
Foodie penpals – July 2014
I was really starting to worry about foodie penpals this month: I received my parcel from Caitlin in Cornwall towards the middle of the month, but it took nearly two weeks for my parcel to Kadri to arrive in Switzerland … luckily it arrived just in the nick of time for Kadri to enjoy my […]
Foodie penpals – June 2014
Wow – I have now been participating in Foodie Penpals for a whole year. It’s been a great year of receiving lovely parcels (except for my very first month when my penpal decided not to send me anything – boo!), and I recommend you give it a go by visiting This is Rock Salt to […]
Foodie penpals – May 2014
Whoops – I am late again with my Foodie Penpal post. Last month I blamed the kitchen refurbishment, this month I blame the bathroom refurbishment! Next month I promise I’ll be sharing my post in a timely fashion! It’s not that the bathroom refurbishment is as disruptive as the kitchen one: but it is dirtier. […]
Foodie penpals – April 2014
Whoops, I am late with this month’s foodie penpal instalment, and I certainly can’t blame the lovely Kate for that one, as she sent me a beautiful box of goodies last week which I have been munching my way through. Nope, once again I have to blame the kitchen (or lack of) which is making […]
Foodie penpals – March 2014
This month, I met my foodie penpal for the first time. Selina from Thrift Street commutes to London every day, so we decided to meet face to face. Selina brought a lovely parcel directly to my office (how’s that for service?!) and it took me seconds to rip it open and examine this month’s goodies. […]
Foodie penpals – February 2014
It’s that time of month again for foodie penpals, and I was a bit concerned that I might not receive my parcel this month, but the package from Emma at Food and Drink Glasgow arrived just in the nick of time this afternoon. As usual, I told my penpal that apart from mushrooms, rocket and […]
Foodie penpals – January 2014
Hooray, it’s a new year and Foodie Penpals is back. If you haven’t come across this fabulousness yet, then I encourage you to join as one of your new year resolutions for 2014. Take a little wander over to This is Rock Salt to find out more. So this month I was paired up with […]
Christmas cookie exchange
Okay, I am finally letting go of Christmas (and all the treats – it’s so hard to going back to eating normally instead of twiglets for breakfast and Christmas cake before bed, but I am doing my best!), but before my seasonal posts end I just want to do one final one on the Christmas […]
Foodie penpals – November 2013
I am so in love with foodie penpals – I’ve been sent some amazing treats from around the UK and Europe, and also had the chance to send some (hopefully) delicious goodies to random penpals across the UK (and one to Norway, in which Copenhagen is not!). The scheme takes a break for Christmas (quite […]