Anna's Larder

08/02/2025

Everyone loves Beech's chocolates.

Find the perfect gift or treat for your Valentine

All Beech's chocolates are made in our Preston factory, using their ultra smooth Fairtrade Cocoa Chocolate.

They use no Palm Oil and only the finest natural ingredients.

They will never compromise on their ingredients!

Anna's Larder
Open Monday - Saturday
9 a.m. - 5 p.m

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27/01/2025

Do you know in Italy?

Why the Milanese Keep Their Leftover Panettone Until February

Arguably no gastronomic product is more strongly connected to Milan than panettone, Italy’s beloved Christmastime fruitcake made with candied fruit peel, raisins, and occasionally chocolate or other ingredients.

Panettone’s precise origins, like those of so many Italian specialty products, are mightily contested, with many cities or areas eager to claim primacy.

But for the Milanese in particular, it’s long been a symbolic staple. No day makes this clearer than February 3, feast of San Biagio, or Saint Blaise in English, when leftover panettone is served at breakfast tables across Milan.

The San Biagio backstory

A 4th-century Armenian saint, bishop and healer, San Biagio is said to have miraculously saved a child choking on a fish bone (possibly aided by a piece of bread). He’s now revered as protector against various throat area-related problems, including choking, ENT diseases and sleep apnea. In Milan and surrounding areas, eating panettone on the morning of February 3 is believed to safeguard against such issues. Preparation for this preventative ritual begins early, and precision is key: At least one panettone must be set aside after the Christmas festivities and the cake must be the first food one consumes, together with all members of the family, when February 3 finally arrives. (For households with no leftovers to speak of, this is also the day savvy Milanese shopkeepers will sell any remaining panettoni at reduced prices.)

Numerous towns and villages throughout other parts of Italy observe the feast of San Biagio, often through candle-lit processions, hymns, dances, and, of course, specialty foods and feasting.

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20/01/2025

20/01/2025

2025 CALENDARS
ALLOA & HILLFOOTS
NOW HALF PRICE £3.50
while stocks last!

19/01/2025

Whether it's Burns Night - Valentine's day - Mother's day Beech's Chocolates great choice.....

Beech's Dark Triple Pack (495g)
Lovely selection of chocolates

Beech's Dark Triple Pack £29.97 gift wrapped

Pack includes:

150g Dark Chocolate Coffee Creams

200g Dark Chocolate Ginger

150g Double Enrobed Dark Chocolate Brazil Nuts

19/01/2025

BEECH'S CHOCOLATES FOR ALL OCCASSIONS
Burns Night - Valentine's - Mother's Day

Beech's Milk Chocolate Triple Pack (445g) gift wrapped

Beech's Milk Chocolate Triple Pack ! only £25.97

Pack includes:

145g Double Enrobed Milk Chocolate Brazils

150g Milk Chocolate Turkish Delight

150g Milk Coffee Creams

19/01/2025

Beech's Fine Chocolate bars now on sale.

Milk Chocolate Orange bars

Lime & Chilli dark chocolate bars

17/01/2025

Below is one of our favourite recipes using Raddicchio, light meal & snack

Radicchio, chestnut and blue cheese salad
by Nigella Lawson

Bitter leaves, salty cheese, sweet chestnuts: this is a winter salad that I can’t confine myself to eating just in season. I generally go for Gorgonzola or Stilton here, but essentially what you need is blue cheese that will crumble well without going into buttery clumps. And while I would never normally condone putting either in the fridge, here the cheese must be cold so that you can crumble it.

LIGHT MEALS & SNACKS

17/01/2025

Produce of Italy

Fresh Radiccio

12/01/2025

Seville oranges are in stock now at Anna's Larder - perfect for homemade marmalade! 🍊🍊

12/01/2025

Seville oranges are in stock now at Anna's Larder - perfect for homemade marmalade! 🍊🍊

on sale tomorrow!

12/01/2025

25% OFF Double Enrobed Brazils MILK OR DARK CHOCOLATE
1 week only
12th January - 18th January 2025

Recharge your batteries now with a box of your favourite British chocolates. Beech's skilled chocolatiers enrobe the crunchiest whole Bolivian Brazil nuts in a thick double coating of our ultra fine Fairtrade Cocoa Chocolate. They truly deserve their reputation as the best!

All Beech's chocolates are made in their Preston factory, using their ultra smooth Fairtrade Cocoa Chocolate. They use no Palm Oil and only the finest natural ingredients. They will never compromise on their ingredients!

10/01/2025

Good morning fruit fans. Seville marmalade oranges now in stock as well as New season Spanish Strawberries and Blueberries.