HAPPY HAMPER
Find your favourite products and build a bespoke hamper to suit any budget at The Deli Around the Corner, Gosforth, NE3 4AY, tel 0191 259 0086 www.thedeliaroundthecorner.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
WINTER WARMER
Get cosy with your favourite hot drink in this gorgeous Sophie Allport Christmas mug, £11 at Corbridge Cookshop, Corbridge NE45 5AT, tel 01434 632 582
www.corbridgecookshop.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
RELISH THE DAY
Chutneys designed for the occasion – literally! Get set for Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year with this set of 3 Hawkshead chutneys, £6.49 at Blagdon Farm Shop, Milkhope Centre Seaton Burn, NE13 6DA, tel 01670 789 924 www.theblagdonfarmshop.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
TAKING THE BISCUIT
Make sure you’ve somewhere suitably festive to keep your Christmas baking this year with Gawol’s matching biscuit tin £6.99 and barrel £9.99 at La Cookshop, Milkhope Centre Seaton Burn, NE13 6DA tel 01670 789142 www.lacookshop.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
SWEET LIKE CHOCOLATE
Stock up on on Cartwright & Butler’s Drinking Chocolate Gift Selection. It’s up to you whether you give it away, away! £17.75 at Daniel Farm, Wylam, NE41 8JH tel 01661 853849 www.facebook.com/danielfarmwylam
[divider] [/divider]
NEW YEAR, NEW YOU
Start the New Year with a spring in your step and a perfect homemade brew courtesy of the Aerobie Aeropress Coffee Maker, £27.99 at Pumphreys, Blaydon, NE21 4JJ
tel 0191 414 4510 www.pumphreys-coffee.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
FARM FRESH
Perfect as a gift or for your own festive cooking, this homemade sweet mincemeat is an ideal addition to any Christmas table. £3.75 from Broomhouse Farm, Durham, DH7 6TR
tel 0191 371 8382 www.broomhousedurham.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
OUT OF THIS WORLD
It’s the perfect time to get your quality Neptune 24 piece cutlery set and wow the family this Christmas. £70 at Bradley Gardens, Wylam, NE41 8JH tel 01661 852 176, www.bradley-gardens.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
STUFF YOUR FACE
… with this Gordon Rhodes Gourmet Country Herb and Chestnut Stuffing Mix. A perfect addition to any roast dinner at £1.68 from North Acomb Farm Shop, Stocksfield Northumberland, NE43 7UF tel 01661 843181 www.northacomb.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
BOUNTIFUL BASKETS
A Cottage Delight Basket you can keep, filled with sweet apple chutney, caramelised onion chutney and tomato, garlic and ginger chutney. £14.95 at Knitsley Farm Shop Consett, Co Durham, DH8 9EW tel 01207 592059 www.knitsleyfarmshop.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
JUST TOASTY
The mouth-watering Stichelton Toast from The Fine Cheese Co is perfect for any cheese and chutney combination and a wonderful treat – festive or otherwise. £3.80 at Carruthers and Kent, Gosforth Newcastle, NE3 4AY tel 0191 213 1818 www.carruthersandkent.com
[divider] [/divider]
WE GO TOGETHER LIKE
… these stylish Beechwood and Copper salt & pepper mills are £18 each or until January only £24.95 for the set when you quote “appetite mag” at London Bar & Kitchen Queen St, Quayside, Newcastle NE1 3UG, tel 0191 269 1134 www.lbk-ncl.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
SEEING STARS
Don’t miss out on the Starry Night range from Sophie Allport. The tea towel is £8, the table runner is £22 and 4 napkins are £15 at Stangers, Newcastle NE2 3DH, tel 0191 281 8563 www.stangerscookshop.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
CHOCS H’AWAY!
Treat the chocoholic in your life to this Chocoholics Hamper £39.99 at www.lakeland.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
HAMPER TIME
Give a bespoke hamper like this one, made to your direction, containing wine, prosecco, or artisan gin, olive oils, balsamics, chocolates, sweet and savoury biscuits, rainbow pasta and more Il Piccolo, St. Helens Street Corbridge, NE45 5BE tel 01434 634 554 www.ilpiccolo.co.uk
[divider] [/divider]
SPOONERISMS..
Silver spoons are so yesterday, darling! Today’s classy tea cups are accompanied by these quirky bone china teaspoons printed with an old engraving. £5 at RE, Bishops Yard, Main St, Corbridge
NE45 5LA www.re-foundobjects.com
[divider] [/divider]
JELLY ON A PLATE
Useful and decorative, these Victorian copper jelly moulds are a lovely present. £48 each at Vintage at the Tower, Hill Street, Corbridge, tel 01434 632 186
www.facebook/VintageAtTheTower
[divider] [/divider]
TO A TEA
Afternoon tea takes on an exotic theme with this gorgeous Dazed and Dazzled tall teapot with stainless steel infuser, £54 at John Lewis www.johnlewis.com
[divider] [/divider]
LIGHT AS A…
Add a touch of class to your Christmas cheeseboard with this set of three feather cheese knives, £35 at Laura Ashley www.lauraashley.com
[divider] [/divider]
