it’s now over two months since whole foods opened its first british store, which my friend liz visited, and then wrote about, on its opening evening. i’ve been to whole foods a couple of times now and thought i should add my thoughts to hers.

despite the fact that it took me six weeks to walk through the doors of the shop, i was excited about whole foods’ arrival. as liz said, it was enormously hyped and given its size i was expecting an amazing addition to my london foodie address book. just how many new and exciting products could they fit into a department store?!? i was keen to find out.

for the past week or so, i’ve been waiting for something... a parcel… from somewhere overseas… from a fellow food blogger… finally it has arrived!

yes, it’s blogging by mail time again. this is when food bloggers around the world send and receive parcels from each other, giving everyone an insight into our worlds.

this time, the parcels were sent with a theme of “my favourite things” and it was organised by stephanie at dispensing happiness. matching up 60 people is a huge job so thank you stephanie!

so, what was in the box?

hello and welcome to any readers of scotland on sunday who've discovered eat the right stuff through the "dinner with" feature in last sunday’s paper. i hope you enjoy exploring the blog and find some recipes you'd like to try. and if you see something that piques your interest, let me know what you think - comments are hugely welcome!

below is a copy of the interview.