Reviews
Welcome to the Tin and Thyme reviews page. Here you will find links to reviews for various food and drink related items, including books, kitchen equipment and meals out. Scroll down to find the relevant category: chocolate, drinks, other edibles, books, eating out, visits, events, equipment and miscellaneous.
Latest Ten Reviews
- Aubergine Carrot Couscous – Bazaar Review & Giveaway
- Cornish Hevva Cake (sometimes known as Heavy Cake)
- Riverford Vegan Recipe Box – Review & Giveaway
- Pacari Chocolate – a Review and Veganuary Giveaway
- Roasted Beetroot Galette, a Review of Higgidy The Cookbook & Giveaway
- Summer Bundle Giveaway – Citrussy Gin, Dreamy Chocolate & Nut Butter
- Tofu Lettuce Tomato Sandwich, a New Vegan Cookbook & a Giveaway
- Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookies with Cardamom & a Pacari Chocolate Giveaway
- Puff Pizza Pies From Living on the Veg – Review & Giveaway
- Carrot Pickles and a Vegan Neurogastronomy Book Review & Giveaway
Chocolate
- Pacari Chocolate – a Review and Veganuary Giveaway
- Summer Bundle Giveaway – Citrussy Gin, Dreamy Chocolate & Nut Butter
- Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookies with Cardamom & a Pacari Chocolate Giveaway
- Easter Feaster – Chocolate Easter Eggs: The Best of the Nest
- The Tin and Thyme Christmas Gift Guide 2016 for Food Lovers
- Autumn Sleekster, One of Hotel Chocolat’s Finest – Giveaway #81
- Award Winning Gourmet Chocolate: Iain Burnett’s Highland Chocolatier
- Hotel Chocolat Summer Collection – Review and Giveaway #77
- How To Make Your Raw Chocolates More Interesting
- Divinely Decadent Chocolate Hamper – Review and Giveaway #75
- Fairtrade Fortnight Breakfast & Recipes for Banana Bread & Hot Chocolate
- Divine Chocolate Week and a Giveaway #63
- Food Bites – September 2015
- Chocolate Bites – Spring
- A Super Duper Chocolate Hamper – Review and Giveaway #58
- Easter Chocolate Bites
- Miss Witt Will Woo and other Valentine Treats
- Valentine’s Chocolates from Charbonnel et Walker
- Fun Fillers for Your Christmas Stockings
- Choc Full – Stocking Fillers for Christmas
- Paris Truffles – Giveaway #54
- An Italian Feast – Grazie Ufuud
- Chocolate Made Easy
- For the Love of Chocolate Tiffin
- Chocolate Week: Day Seven
- Chocolate Week: Day Six
- Chocolate Week: Day Five
- Chocolate Week: Day Four
- Chocolate Week – Day Three
- Chocolate Week: Day Two
- Chocolate Week: Day One
- Seed & Bean – a Rainbow of Delight
- Chocolate Bites – August Review Round-up
- Chocolate Treats
- Playing Around with Raw Chocolate
- Spicy Dark Chocolate Cake and It’s Vegan Too
- Tropical Smoothie with Coconut, Mango & Banana – Full of Raw Goodness
- Bettys Chocolate Tour de France Bear – Giveaway #49
- Paul A Young Fine Chocolates
- An Easter Eggstravaganza
- The Big Cake Show – Right here in the South West
- Betty’s Chocolate Otter – Review and Giveaway #46
- A Cornish Cornucopia
- Creme Egg Buns and a Review
- Waffles with a Mapley Chocolate Sauce
- House of Dorchester Luxury Assortment – Review and Giveaway #44
- Chocolate by Miss Witt – an Unexpected Find in the Forest
- Chocolate Telegram
- Stocking up with Chocolate
- Harrods Christmas Hampers
- Hotel Chocolat: The Signature Christmas Collection and a Box of Delights
- Bettys Dark Chocolate Selection – Review and Giveaway #41
- Marmite Caramel Brownies – Not so Very Peculiar
- Chocolate, Apricot and Walnut Tortes
- Chocolates for Chocolate Week and Autumnal Cheer
- A Trio of Gourmet Chocolate Desserts
- Chocolate Cards by Post – Giveaway #35
- Blackberry and Apple Cupcakes – a Recipe for Autumn’s Bounty
- Afternoon Tea Chocolates and a Giveaway #34
- New Ethical Chocolate Bars – Seed and Bean and Divine
- Naive Chocolate – a Review
- Kokopelli’s Chocolate – a Review
- Cocoa Boutique – A Review
- Spelt, Rye and Berry Cookies and a Cocoa Comparison
- Zotter Chocolate & Merry Christmas
- Hotel Chocolate Giant Christmas Cracker – Giveaway #18
- Lindt Advent Calendar
- A Miscellany of Chocolates
- French Chocolates by Post – Three Box Giveaway #16
- Nakd Bars – a Review
- Ohso – a review
- Devnaa Chocolates & Cookbook – Review & Giveaway #13
- Lindt Chocolate: Lindor, Creation Bars & New for Summer – a review
- Cocoa Boutique – a Review
- Chocolate by Genevie – Review & Giveaway #11
- Organic Seed & Bean Chocolate Bars – a review
- Elizabeth Shaw Chocolates – A Review & Giveaway
- French Chocolates by Post
- Guylian Sea Shells Review
- Extra Thick Chocolate Egg from Hotel Chocolat
- Nicky Grant – Fine Chocolates from Cornwall
- Matcha Chocolat – Mother’s Day Selection
- Champagne Truffles
- Hotel Chocolat Valentine’s Heart
- Find Me A Gift – Martin’s Chocolatier
- Divine Intervention
- Choccy Munchy Seeds – A Review
- Hokey Pokey from the Chocolate Society
- Chocolate from the East India Company
- Hotel Chocolat: The Sleekster Summer Desserts Selection
- Sea Dog
- An Egg Sandwich – But Not As We Know It, Jim
- Chilli Pie – Raw Chocolate
- Hotel Chocolat: The Eggsibitionist – and a Giveaway #3
- Candied Orange Peel dipped in Chocolate
- Chestnut Brownies
- Chocolates from Chocadores
- Tea Chocolates – The Winter Selection
- On a Winning Streak – Chai Caramel Chocolates
- Chocolate and Love
- Tea and Chocolate Tasting
- Matcha Chocolat – Lotus Collection
- Getting Greedy in Ghent
- More Bars from the Chocolate Cafe
- I Should Coco – a Selection
- More Tea Chocolates
- Tea Chocolates – A Review
- Three Bars from The Chocolate Cafe
- Green & Black’s Ain’t What It Used To Be
Drinks
- Summer Bundle Giveaway – Citrussy Gin, Dreamy Chocolate & Nut Butter
- Discover Craft Cider with Crafty Nectar – Review and Giveaway #89
- Take a Break Fairly & Squarely for Fairtrade Fortnight
- Vanilla Almond Cookies (vegan) & a Nice Cup of Tea
- The Tin and Thyme Christmas Gift Guide 2016 for Food Lovers
- Plump for a Pimms or Mash up a Mojito?
- DCOCO Young Coconut Water – Giveaway #60
- Fun Fillers for Your Christmas Stockings
- Chocolate Week: Day Six
- There’s Nothing Like a Good Cup of Tea – Review and Giveaway #52
- Twinings, it’s all about Tea
- Look at this for IngenuitTEA – Review and Giveaway #48
- Time for Tea
- Chocolate Log with a Whipped Dark Boozy Chocolate Ganache – We Should Cocoa #40
- Chocolates for Chocolate Week and Autumnal Cheer
- Breakfast Bites
- Puro Fairtrade Coffee – a Review & Giveaway #23
- Teapigs Chocolate & Matcha Teas – A Review
- Steenbergs Chilli Drinking Chocolate
- It’s Summer – Time for Hot Chocolate?
- Hot Chocolate and More
- Tea and Chocolate Tasting
Other Edibles
- Riverford Vegan Recipe Box – Review & Giveaway
- Summer Bundle Giveaway – Citrussy Gin, Dreamy Chocolate & Nut Butter
- Raspberry Granola Parfait and Fibre – Are You Getting Enough?
- Stokes Real Mayonnaise and Other Sumptuous Sauces – A Review
- The Tin and Thyme Christmas Gift Guide 2016 for Food Lovers
- Vegan Salted Caramel Sauce with Optional Smoky Notes
- Marley Spoon Recipe Box – Review and Giveaway #78
- Orange Kefir Smoothie and a Delicado48 Organic Box
- Riverford Recipe Box – An Organic Feast – Giveaway #72
- The Tin and Thyme Christmas Gift Guide for Food Lovers
- Relax with a Bowl of Bircher Muesli and a Giveaway #64
- Food Bites – September 2015
- Food Bites – June 2015
- Grapefruit and Honey Almond Cake and Chocolate Log Blog is Six
- Jumbles with a White Chocolate Lemony Drizzle
- Fun Fillers for Your Christmas Stockings
- An Italian Feast – Grazie Ufuud
- The Best Pizza Ever – Squash, Walnut and Goat’s Cheese from St Helen’s Farm
- Spicy Dark Chocolate Cake and It’s Vegan Too
- Chocolate Bean Burgers To Go – With Hot Chilli Sauce
- Tropical Smoothie with Coconut, Mango & Banana – Full of Raw Goodness
- Twinings, it’s all about Tea
- Holy Lama Spice Drops – Review & Giveaway #47
- Honey & Walnut Yogurt Semolina Cake
- Savoury Chocolate Vol au Vents and Canapes
- Harrods Christmas Hampers
- Killer Vanilla from Taylor & Colledge
- A Thank You from Honeybuns and a Giveaway #40
- Chocolate Indulgence from Fudge Kitchen – Review and Giveaway #37
- Oat, Coconut, Fennel Chocolate Chip Cookies – A Chocolate Coconut Fest
- A Trio of Gourmet Chocolate Desserts
- Breakfast Bites
- Made in Mexico – Vegetarian Enchiladas
- Organic Eggs and a Cornish Holiday Discount
- Atkins & Potts Chocolate Spreads and Dips – a Review and Giveaway #22
- The Brownie Baker
- Bettys Christmas Gugelhupf – Review and Giveaway #17
- Elderflower and White Chocolate Cupcakes
- Cooks&Co Speciality Oils – a Review
- Raw Brownies
- Love Hearts – A Sweet Fizzy Review
- Blue Basil Brownies – A Review
- Toffee Yogurt Cake & TOTAL Greek Yogurt
- Byron Bay Butterbursts
- Cheese Scones and TOTAL Greek Yogurt
- Byron Bay Cookies
- TOTAL Greek Yogurt & Chocolate Puddings
- Delivered from Deepest Dorset, it’s Crunch Time in Cornwall
Books
- Aubergine Carrot Couscous – Bazaar Review & Giveaway
- Roasted Beetroot Galette, a Review of Higgidy The Cookbook & Giveaway
- Tofu Lettuce Tomato Sandwich, a New Vegan Cookbook & a Giveaway
- Puff Pizza Pies From Living on the Veg – Review & Giveaway
- Carrot Pickles and a Vegan Neurogastronomy Book Review & Giveaway
- Curd Cheese, Honey & Walnuts on Toast and Wild Honey & Rye
- Kale Apple Cake and The Veggie Desserts Cookbook
- Veggie Bean Chilli, Two Vegan Recipe Book Reviews and Giveaway #84
- The World of the Happy Pear – Review and Giveaway #76
- Spiced Lentil Pancake Wraps and a Brace of Book Reviews
- Aubergine Dip, The Cranks Bible and a Giveaway #70
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups and Homemade Memories
- Sugar and Sweets – Review and Giveaway #61
- Teatime in Paris by Jill Colonna and Diamond Biscuits
- Chocolate at Home by Will Torrent
- Spicy Gingerbread with Limoncello Icing and a Giveaway #55
- Fun Fillers for Your Christmas Stockings
- Three of a Kind
- Almond Mincemeat Slices and a Giveaway #45
- Mini Orange Sponge Cakes with Blood Orange Curd
- Choc Chip Cookies from Lorraine Pascale’s A Lighter Way to Bake – Giveaway #39
- My First Cookbook and a Recipe for Chocolate Drops
- The Hungry Student Cookbooks – a Review
- The Leftovers Handbook and Quick Banana and Chocolate Ice-Cream
- Love Bake Nourish – a Review
- The Pink Whisk Guide to Cake Making – Review and Giveaway #28
- Stacie Bakes – a Review
- A Riverford Giveaway #25
- Clandestine Cake Club Cookbook at Last and Chocolate Log Blog is Four
- The Diner’s Dictionary – a Review
- Marshmallow Madness: a review
- Devnaa Chocolates & Cookbook – Review & Giveaway #13
- Custard Creams & a Review of Honeybuns Gluten-Free Baking
- A History of Food in 100 Recipes – a review
- My cookbooks – Random Recipes #18
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies & a Review
- Baked & Delicious Easter Special & a Competition
- Make Your Own Organic Ice Cream with Chilli Chocolate Ice Cream
- Crazy Water Pickled Lemons – a review
- Chocolate, Almond & Cranberry Bites – 200 Christmas Recipes Review
- Dan Lepard’s Short & Sweet Giveaway #4
- Baked & Delicious; Bitter Chocolate Puddings
- Chocolate and Literature
- Latest Editions to my Chocolate Bookshelf
Eating Out, Visits & Events
- Cornish Hevva Cake (sometimes known as Heavy Cake)
- Leaving Liskeard – Tribute to a Small Cornish Market Town
- When is an Oat More Than an Oat? When it’s an Organic Chocolate Truffle
- The Scintillating Isles of Scilly – A Flying Visit – Plane & Simple
- Rustic Rhubarb Galette With Orange Spelt Flaky Pastry
- River Cottage Christmas – An Opportunity Not To Be Missed
- Almond Apple Cider Cake and Feeling Full in Falmouth
- Holiday Snaps – A Gastro Garden Jaunt From Hampshire to Hastings
- Organic September – It’s All Go With Yeo – and the Soil Association
- A Fairtrade Bonanza and Christmas in July
- Almond and Cardamom Rye Shortbread with Whisky Raspberry Cream
- Strawberry Cream Cakes make for the most blissful picnic treats
- Cranking up the Memories for National Vegetarian Week
- A Bloggers’ Weekend of Dorset Food and Fun
- Food Awards 2016 – Yeo Dudes, Tin and Thyme Did It
- Tofu Scramble and a Vegan Cookery Workshop
- A Day at River Cottage
- Honey Apple Cardamom Mini Bundt Cakes and a Cornish Cliff Top Walk
- We Should Cocoa – The August 2015 Challenge
- Afternoon Tea at The Alverton
- Capturing Cornwall: Poppy Pollen
- Rhubarb Bundt Cake with Ginger Glaze
- Capturing Cornwall: Spring at Caerhays Castle
- Capturing Cornwall: Diaspora Gardens, Heartlands
- Cheese and Leek Bread Pudding with Cranks
- Capturing Cornwall: Park Head
- Gesundheit Birmingham
- Festive Chocolate Making at L’atelier des Chefs
- Hot Chocolate in a Glass Jar
- It’s All About the Bear – Paddington Afternoon Tea at The Athenaeum
- Mastering the Art of Sushi with Yo! Sushi
- Lord Preserve Us – a Trip to River Cottage
- Baking Matters
- The Big Cake Show – Right here in the South West
- The Hub Cafe – Liskeard’s Hidden Gem
- A Cornish Cornucopia
- BBC Food and Farming Awards
- The Glorious Glynn Valley with Brownies for Pudding
- Five Arrive in Cheltenham – a Food Bloggers Meet-up
- Six Course Chocolate Themed Dinner – Our Big Night In
- Everything’s Hunky Dory in Newport
- Salted Chocolate and a Wedding
- Hot Chocolate Victoria Sandwich with Vanilla Apricots and Cream
- Temper Temper – the Secret of Chocolate Success
- Riverford and a Blogger’s Lunch
- The Brownie Baker
- The Fine Food and Folks of Liskeard
- Cornwall Clandestine Cake Club Celebrates its First Birthday
- The Hidden Hut Revealed
- A Scilly Post: Fig, Almond & Choc Chip Honey Flapjacks
- Cakes and Moor
- 14 Cornish Recipes -The Cornish Pasty is King
- Passionfruit Curd Sponge Cake & Clandestine Cake Club
- St Clements Cake Truffles
- Cakes for a Book Swap
- Nicky Grant – Fine Chocolates from Cornwall
- A Food Blogging Fest
- A Bonanza of Bakes
- Cornwall Food and Drink Festival – Guest Post
- Chocolate Week and Cornish Goings On
- Chocolate Whoopie Pies – the agony and the ecstasy
- Apple, Hazelnut and Choc Chip Cake
- Christmas with Dan’s Date & Hazelnut Bars
- Tea and Chocolate Tasting
- Getting Greedy in Ghent
- South West Food Bloggers Meet Up
- As I was going to St Ives
- Fun, But No Buns in Bath
- Rhubarb & White Chocolate Muffins with a Garden Tour
- Cocoa Nibbed Cookies & A Woodland Walk
- Easter Tea
- Feeling Full In Fowey
- All is Not Lost in Lostwithiel – Photomontage
- Cornish Cake Crawl
- National Chocolate Week
Equipment
- Spelt Waffles with Rose Raspberry Sauce & Volcano Waffle Maker Giveaway
- Optimum Vac2 Air Vacuum Blender Review – Suck it and See
- Granny’s Apple Pie with Wholemeal Spelt Pastry
- Beetroot Leaf Green Smoothie and the Nutri Force Extractor
- 10 Juicer Recipes with Fruits, Roots & Leaves and Introducing JUlaVIE
- Cucumber Roll-Ups with a Garlicky Feta & Mint Filling
- Carrot Smoothie with Ginger & Orange, Ten a Day & The Self-Cleaning Juisir
- Fry in the Sky with the Optimum HealthyFry – Air Fryer Review
- The Tin and Thyme Christmas Gift Guide 2016 for Food Lovers
- Ginger Green Goddess Smoothie – Power Up Your Breakfast
- How to Make Kombucha – a Healthy Sparkling Fermented Beverage
- High and Dry with the Optimum P200 Dehydrator – A Review
- Optimum ThermoCook Review – A Multi-Purpose Kitchen Appliance
- Precision Knife Set & Black Diamond Knife Block – Giveaway #67
- Forks Away – a Classic Pastry Set and Giveaway #65
- Gadgets to Go in the Tin and Thyme Kitchen
- A New Beast in my Kitchen
- Caramalised Chocolota and a Blow Torch
- Panettone Meets Panasonic – My First Bread Maker
- Look at this for IngenuitTEA – Review and Giveaway #48
- Waffles with a Mapley Chocolate Sauce
- No-knead Spelt Cocoa Bread
- Apple and Raisin Pancakes with Chocolate Sauce and a Frying Pan Review
- Granny’s Shepherd’s Pie
- A Red Teapot – Review and Giveaway #27
- Wilko Muffin Cases and Giveaway #14
- Twinings Redbush Tea and a Teapot – a Review
- Apricot Curd and White Chocolate Cupcakes
- Chocolate Shortbread Hearts
- Grating Chocolate After a Fairy Flutters By
Miscellaneous
- A New Kitchen For Christmas (please)
- Squash Chilli Chard Feta Pasties – A Vegetarian Take on a Cornish Pasty
- Fun Fillers for Your Christmas Stockings
- Cocoa Hand Cream from Hotel Chocolat
- i-Phone Chocolate Case – Review and Giveaway #43
- Chocolate Themed Wooden Jigsaw Giveaway #42
- Pin it Forward UK
- Mooving up the Professional Ladder and a Giveaway #29
- Linen Tea Towels and a Giveaway #6
