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From a 'hard honey' liqueur to the best salt and vinegar crisps - here everything our food writer loved this month
It's a hard job, but someone has to do it!
With so many food and drink product launches every single month, we know it can be an overwhelming experience trying to find a food product that is unique and not to mention delicious, that's also worth spending your money on.
This is where our senior food and drink writer, Mel Giandzi steps in. As our resident foodie she gets, without fail, hundreds of emails every month about the newest products that have launched. Not everything makes the cut, so the following list has been carefully recommended as her top favourites for this month.
The following items have really blown her away and are products she will be recommending to anyone who listens and ones she'll also be adding into her basket to purchase again this month.
Expect top food, drink and cookbook recommendations, plus, her newest kitchenware item, gadget or appliance obsession, a hero ingredient and food inspiration for future meals.
She’ll be updating this page monthly, so keep it bookmarked to find out what the best products she tries next month are...
The best products our food writer tried this month:
You might think it's too soon to whip out the Christmas-themed snacks, but we feel this is something that could (and should) easily be available all year round as they are SO addictive. Mouth-watering vinegar and salt crisps in perfect star-shaped morsels. Crispy and insanely dangerous. Once you try these you won't be able to stop.
Absolut vodka has brought out a limited-edition bottle of vodka with artist Keith Haring, resulting in this fun and vibrant bottle. The debossed glass design features figures from Haring's original 1986 painting, Haring’s own handwriting, signature and take on the Absolut medallion. The result is a work of art in itself.
Yeo Valley have ventured into the world of breakfast cereals and we are thrilled for having this delicious addition to our breakfasts. There are two flavours to pick from: toasted nuts & seeds and this berry & cherry granola which quickly became our favourite. Nutty crunchy (big) clusters of granola with dried berries and chewy cherries in the mix. Plus a hint of warming cinnamon to tie it all together.
I always love adding a splash of basil oil at the end of cooking my meals as it adds a beautiful freshness to stews and pasta dishes and this one from Belazu has become a new favourite of mine. Extra virgin olive oil has been stone crushed with fresh basil leaves, resulting in a fragrant and well balanced peppery bottle of liquid gold. I dare you not to put this on everything going forward.
Every single flavour that MOMO does is a winner in our eyes and this brand-new passionfruit flavour is no exception. Good for your gut and tastes amazing, this flavour is sweet, zingy and tropical with its fresh passionfruit taste.
If you find yourself near Covent Garden and feel like a sweet treat (or just a general snack) then stop by Qima Cafe on New Row for an incredible array of pastries. Choose from works of arts like their peanut, strawberry or coffee cakes, and revel in their savoury bakes like their feta and sundried tomato swirl. A firm favourite was their strawberry cheesecake croissant - packed full of a sweet and fruity cream cheese filling inside a flaky, buttery croissant. Heaven!
I was blown away by this brand-new liqueur by Honey Thief. Described as a 'hard honey' which ultimately takes fresh honey, and then mixes it with spring water and yeast, let's it sit for a bit of time and then it becomes this beautiful sweet and smooth alcoholic drink. A little bit yeasty, a little bit sweet and the perfect ingredient in a daiquiri.
Mel is the Senior Food & Drink Writer for Good Housekeeping UK, covering all the delicious new product launches that come her way, writing about food and drink topics, and curating gift guides for the best foodie products to buy. Alongside that, she can be found developing and creating cocktails for GH and holds her WSET Level 2 in Wine and Spirits. She was part of the Good Housekeeping Institute food testing team for over four years before moving over to the digital side, so knows a thing or two about great food products. You'll find her scouring the supermarket shelves in her spare time for new and exciting ingredients to experiment with in her kitchen.
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