I am a fan of those little self-published recipe books as within them you often get real recipe gems that have been handed down from generation to generation within families. You also get a lot of rubbish, as well, but a recipe book with even only o...
Read moreI have been intrigued by comments by Mervyn King and others about the state of the economy, as I am not sure whether they ever take into account the real situation for small companies. So I thought I would briefly blog some notes about Steenbergs at...
Read moreFor many years, I shaved with a Gillette safety razor that used a classic plastic double-bladed Contour disposable blade until mid 2009. However, I did not find the shave particularly close or satisfying, and I didn't like having to chuck the blades...
Read moreWe recently inadvertently used a photo of some tomatoes that we found on Google Images in a subcategory of our web site and which is also available at Salmonella Blog. Getty Images have sent us an unreasonable letter stating that we have, supposedly...
Read moreI have been looking at our range of shaving and other mens products at Steenbergs over the last few weeks to see whether we can improve it further. As modern hippies, I like being clean shaven so growing a beard was never on the cards, but I have tr...
Read moreRose Prince has been really lovely and kind and listed us twice in her new book - The Good Food Producers Guide 2010 - under Drinks and under Delis and Specialists. We always feel flattered - and a bit embarassed - when someone so influential likes ...
Read moreWhile snowed in in the cold countryside of Northumberland, we enjoyed some warming chai as well as delicious mulled wine using our organic Fairtrade mulling wine spices. I also concocted a couple of citrus based biscuits, with one of them coming fro...
Read more2009 has probably been one of the more challenging years for Steenbergs. Not because of the economic climate particularly but because the normally healthy fighting fit 9 people who currently make up Steenbergs went through rather more medical problem...
Read moreSteenbergs was featured in The Daily Telegraph's Christmas Gift Guide last Saturday (21 November 2009). Our Fairtrade Sugar & Spice Gift Box of 9 products was featured alongside some very illustrious others, including a Fortnum & Mason Hampe...
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