Travel tips-Restaurant reviews-Recipes
One of the perks of writing the blog is getting invitations to attend some great food events. I had a ticket for the Speciality & Fine Food Fair at Olympia and decided to stop off on my way home from interviewing Enzo Oliveri yesterday. Conveniently, it really was on the way home! The Fair is a ‘trade […]
Read MoreIt was some time ago that my friend Elsa got us tickets to see the much-acclaimed production of The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre in Islington. When she suggested meeting a bit earlier to make more of a day of it, I was happy to go with her plans and thus I met her […]
Read MoreOK. Well let me admit right from the start – it was actually a 9th night cake! When I bought this yesterday from Paul Bakery in Richmond and posted a photo to Twitter saying it was for ‘tonight’s family supper’, someone replied, but isn’t it meant to be for Epiphany? Frankly, I could easily eat […]
Read MoreWhitton is only a couple of miles away from my home, but it’s been off my radar most of the time I’ve lived in the Twickenham area – for well over twenty years! However, when Jonathan and Lyndsey moved to a house there a few months ago, I started to get to know it better. […]
Read MoreThis is quite a special blog post. It’s my 500th, which to me feels like something worth celebrating. I’ve given some thought to what special, celebratory post I might write over the last few days – cooking something special, listing my favourite restaurants, my top kitchen gadgets or best new cookbooks. In the end, life […]
Read MoreYes, it is a little early … and it did feel a bit weird setting off to a Christmas party just 24 hours after arriving back from hot and sunny Spain, but in the world of big food business, Christmas necessarily has to start even earlier than at Harrods. The lovely people at Roche Communications […]
Read MoreIt’s been another day of art and Italian food, this time much closer to home. Twickenham abounds with wonderful Italian restaurants, cafes and delis as I wrote in Twickenham’s ‘Little Italy‘ and Corto Italian Deli is a regular haunt of mine in Twickenham’s Church Street, the town’s prettiest road that lies just behind the Thames […]
Read MoreThere’s a fabulous market in Richmond on Sunday mornings selling artisan foods and crafts. It’s been there for some time but it’s taken me a while to stop by and take a proper look, and I’m so glad I have. There are some wonderful stalls. Duck Pond Market is situated right by Richmond bridge in […]
Read MoreSome of the best things in life appear to happen by chance. Though some would say there’s no such thing as chance and it was all meant to be. But something out of the ordinary was definitely going on last Sunday for I unusually headed a little further down the riverside at Richmond than I […]
Read MoreThere was a time – many years ago – when the arrival of a French or Italian market in town was a cause of excitement for any franco- or italophile for whom a large part of their love of either France or Italy – or both – is the wonderful food. Of late, I’ve found […]
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