Face of Henley

Great day Exhibiting at Face of Henley with Jacky. Especially as Antony Worrall Thompson paid us all a visit and  made the must supurb soup.

Best of all he bought some Taggiasca Olives and Anchovies in Olive Oil from our stall!

Trunkwell House Event

Jacky and I had a good day Saturday at Trunkwell house and thanks to Adrienne for covering me on Friday.
Where were all the people Sunday? very quite day although beautiful weather wise. People are feeling the pinch, which means they are browsing first! not good for us stall holders but I can't blame them :-)

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Marlborough Collegre

My next event is at Marlborough College and I can't wait! come and see me there.

Deborah
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www.marlboroughcancerresearch.org

Henley Film Festival

Shame the Henley Film Festival has been postponed, but it does mean time for Jacky and I to get really organised for it! Prosecco and appetisers will be on sale!

White Truffle - Tuber Magnatum Pico

Perfectly formed with wonderful aromas - for a very important customer!

Deborah

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The photo I have been waiting for!

Photograph by KT Bruce with the kind permission of Oxford Castle Food & Wine Festival

The sun shone for my photo with Raymond Blanc. I was on cloud nine for days, soooo charming and passionate about all things to do with food. I now know Raymond loves Truffle, he is holding the anchovies in truffle oil he bought from me. I may just have to take some fresh truffle to him soon :-). ITS TRUFFLE SEASON.

Can't wait for next year's food festival! Thank you to KT Bruce for taking the photo, please send me more. :-)

Deborah
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Henley International Film Festival

Very excited. We have just signed up to be at the Henley International Film Festival on November 4th, 5th and 6th. The theme this year is food so hopefully our products will go down well while visitors watch a classic film or two.
Why not buy your ticket and pop along to see us - enjoy the movies with a glass of prosecco.

Marlow Event

Jacky and I did the Marlow Food Festival event at the Crown Hotel. Delighted to have met Giancarlo Caldesi, who is from Tuscany. Here is the chef himself with me and Jacky. He wished us much success!
lets hope his good wishes pay true :-)

Raymond Blanc

Well I am just on cloud nine. So much been happening and not enough time to blog!

Having now met Raymond Blanc I am wondering whether I should do French delicacies, he is so lovely and such a charmer!

He bought a few of my truffle products - I do hope he enjoys them. He even asked me to change the labels to red, white and blue. Funny that!

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chris shepherd

Thanks again to Chris who is doing a sterling job on my website!

Grappa and Limoncello

Fantastic news, Bocco di Lupo in Soho will now stock some of my liqueurs in their deli so my products are in the restaurant and deli - delighted!  http://www.boccodilupo.com/

New Photos

Delighted wih my new photos! may take a while to get them all online but they are fabulous.....

Deborah

Wokingham Food Festival

http://www.wokinghamfestival.co.uk/ou

with the terrible things going on at the moment I hope it doesn't spoil the wokingham food festival. I will be there exhibiting and also a local Chef Angelo - owner of Ruchetta in Wokingham and Peppard Common will be demonstrating on stage with some of my products including Fresh Truffle!

Deborah

Under the Tuscan Sun

A while since I have written anything! even though I have been busy and had lots to write!

I have been a few days in Tuscany for business pleasure shall we say. Sourcing products is my business but also a pleasure. I have been with a very good friend of mine Laura and an inspiring new friend called Joyce Petschek. I want to thank her for all her help!

She is not only an inspiring lady, she is an extremely talented artist. Check her master pieces and see for yourself. http://www.bargellobreaks.com/.

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Credit Card Machine

I am very pleased to announce I now have a credit card payment machine, whoopee!  I will make life easy for you when buying. I am so pleased I now have one. You can phone through your order and pay over the phone!
Lets just hope I know how to use it. :-)

Debs
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Chocolate liqueur

Favourite recipe idea this week is for the chocolate liqueur. Love panna cotta? well add the chocolate liqueur on top. Perfect and simple.
http://www.delights-of-tuscany.co.uk/products.html

Best seller of the day at the Yattendon Village event. Although it rained it was a great day, lots of people turned up. It was lovely to see Adrienne and Adam to. :-)

Deborah
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Breakfast Biscotti

Early start this morning! 7am at the Hilton Hotel in Reading to meet a great crowed of people and have breakfast and talk about business, how cool is that!
http://www.thebusinesswealthclub.com/
I went to found out what Business Breakfast Biscotti was all about. Emma met me and was really warm and welcoming, Steve was a wealth of Knowledge. You would have to pay good money in normal circumstances to pick his brain, but hey it cost me just a breakfast.!
I have always believed in social networking more than social media, now I believe in both! I still think it is hard work to keep up the two but I am going to give it a try. The only thing missing was the biscotti. next time I'll take some of mine. :-)
http://www.thebusinesswealthclub.com/

Deborah
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Thanks again

I am blogging away here and leaving out several very important people who are helping with the website. I must say how much I appreciate what they are doing.

The design of the website is down to Caroline who has made a fantastic job of it. The colours and quirky buttons work so well. I recommend her 110%, still waiting for her to finish her website so I can put a link onto mine, then you can all benefit from her expertise. Tel: 07887 530318

The photos, most of them are down to my wonderful brother, every time I go and visit the family I am asking either for some photos to be taken or printing posters. Check out his website: http://www.kgimages.co.uk/
Helping put the finishing touches and working very hard at it is Chris from: http://www.shepherdpics.com/

Thanks, Deborah
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Truffle Salt on PopCorn

Sale day at HSBC Bank Canary Wharf.
After a disastrous journey to the HSBC bank I managed to get myself together and sell a few products!
I do however have to sell a lot of pasta and biscuits to pay for the table!
The great thing was I had some return customers and some new ones. I met Tammy who really appreciated the products and bought quite a few. One great tip she gave me was to use the truffle salt on popcorn, how cool is that!!
I hope she enjoys all the products. I was also told by another customer that the pasta was the best she had tasted and bought more. I hope to see her next month.

I can't take the liqueurs or wine there but I can talk about them and take orders. So anyone at the bank interested in the drinks please contact me via email.

My next visit to the bank is Monday 20th June, hope to see many new customers.

Deborah
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Farewell to my friend John Manning

Very sadly our friend and neighbour John Manning passed away last week after fighting a serious illness. Yesterday we had the funeral which was lovely and so many people were there to send him off into a different world.

This whole journey started by me giving John a hamper for his 70th Birthday. He gave me lots of advice and spurred me on.

Last night with his son Jason and wife Rachel we had a great evening finishing off the limoncello, we celebrated Johns life. They loved the limoncello which means I also have new customers!

Big toast to John, god bless him. Deborah xxx

Royalty at Cirencester Corn Hall event

At the Cirencester quality market we were all very privaliged to see Princess Anne having a wonder around the stalls. Some of us lucky enough to meet her and some even more lucky to have her buy something from them.

I gave her a packet of Delizie di Meri biscuits and some Truffle Honey! I hope she enjoys them.

Deborah

Henley Standard

Look out for Delights of Tuscany in the Henley Standard.

I have had an interview and photos taken, just waiting for it to be published!

It was lovely to meet Jacky from the Henley Standard as she shares my passion for Italy :-)

Deborah

PROSECCO

How we love Prosecco.

I can now supply you with an exquisit extra dry Prosecco. White Vermentino wine, wonderful light Chianti DOCG and full bodied Red.

6 bottles for the price of 5! get intouch.

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FRESH TRUFFLE

I have successfully supplied Ruchetta Restaurant again with exquisite fresh Truffle. Go and experience the wonderful flavours for yourself.
www.ruchetta.com

If you are interested in ordering fresh Truffle it needs to be booked by the Wednesday of each week and arrives the next day!

My next quality market is in Cirencester Monday 11th April.

Deborah
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Shepherds pics

A big thanks once more to those clever people at shepherdpics.com for keeping my website up to date with any changes! couldn't do it without them.
Deborah
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Andy at the Market

While I was busy working in London the success at Basildon Village Market is down to my partner Andy. I think he secretly enjoyed it. Shame I don't have a photo!
Yet again the Liqueurs went down well, this time the Chocolate liqueur. It's delicious on Ice-cream.

You will find Delights of Tuscany next at Cirencester this Thursday 31st March.

Limoncello Cocktail

This recipe was sent to me by Samantha who I met at the Pangbourne Village Hall market I did. Great that she remembered to send this and I will definitely be trying it out. I hope she sends another recipe with the Orancello!
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2 fresh lemons
One shot limoncello (approx 50ml)
One shot triple-sec (we like Cointreau or Grand Marnier – again approx 50ml)
Handful of crushed ice

Method: Remove the peel and all pith from the lemons, segment the flesh and remove any pips. Blitz the lemon flesh, limoncello and cointreau with the ice in a food processor or blender. (Nigella adds sugar to her recipe but we don’t think it needs it – particularly if you have a good quality limoncello.) Scale up the quantities to suit the number of cocktails you need - this is a very popular cocktail with our family and friends!

We have thoroughly enjoyed the limoncello we bought from your stand, and I am just about to email your website to put an order in for another bottle, and one of the orange variety too!"

Thank you to Samantha, :-)

Next Market

Don't miss our next market day this Saturday 26th March at Basildon Village Hall, Berkshire. Andy will be there in place of me this week but knows all the products just as well as I do as he gets to taste them first!

Basildon Village Hall
Bethesda Street (opposite junction with Blandys Lane)

Deborah
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La Dolce Vita

I popped along with my friend Joyce to La Dolce Vita exhibition in London, it was great to see so many people there all enjoying the delights of Italian food. Both of us have a passion for Italy and especially Tuscany, Joyce has a beautiful Villa in a village called Pomaia where she welcomes groups to stay and learn all about Bargello Stitching.
Go to bargellobreaks.com and take a look at her beautiful artwork.
Pomaia is also known for the Tibetan-Buddhist monastery of Lama Tsongkhapa, Richard Gere has spent many holidays in this meditation retreat!

my apartment is also ready for the spring and summer rentals.
Deborah's apartment in Pieve di Santa Luce for rental at totalitaly.com

Pangbourne quality market

Today I did my first quality market at Pangbourne. I was next to Louise Brazell who makes her own glass beads. Check out Tiger Beads http://www.tigerbeads.co.uk/

Being the first for the year it was quite slow. Although the Limoncino (Limoncello)went down a storm, it's quality!
I was also given tips from customers who make Limoncino cocktails, one customer was going to put it on his pancakes next Tuesday! fab ideas. Try the Orange equivalent next time. I will be at Pangbourne quality market the first Saturday of the month.

Delights of Tuscany - now with Google shopping cart.

Thanks to those clever people at shepherdpics.com our product page has been enhanced to accept online orders via the Google shopping cart system.