Christmas is coming!

So I have been bullied by uber regular customer and friend John Messenger into updating the old blog...well once again, it's been a while!
The snow is falling...sometimes I wonder if fate has a hand in it all. A fortnight ago Jodie, Vic and I were having the usual,'I can't believe it's nearly Christmas' conversation. I don't think anyone wanted to think about it....And then...a huge dollop of snow arrived and everyone is Christmas crazy!
We've tried really hard to source wonderful, artisan products, ready to be stuffed into hampers and stockings this year. From Wild Boar Chorizo to Artisan Du Chocolat's incredible salted caramels...the shelves are full to busting (I was going to write bursting, but shelves don't burst- do they?)
The cheese counter is also filling up..The Vacherin Mont D'Or have arrived...this Christmas, I have decided I'm going to eat my own body weight in cheese. With such a fabulous selection from Neal's Yard, The Fine Cheese Company and Cherif Belaid, it would be rude not to!
Dan has made extra mincemeat this Christmas to keep up with demand. The recipe belongs to Mummy Barrow...honestly, it's the best I've ever tasted.
Over the summer we scooped anothet Great Taste Award; this time for our Cinnamon Butter. We slosh it over toasted brioche and roll it into Emma's now legedary Cinnamon buns.
Lastly...for those of you that are aware of my Priscilla Queen of the Desert obsession...I am now officicially a MOP- Hurrah! I had a lovely night with my sister, Jo, riding around London in a big pink disco bus dressed as Mary and Marilyn MacArthur Park (...'someone left the cake out in the rain') before watching the show for the sixth time with a fantabulous bunch of likeminded obsessives!