Travel tips-Restaurant reviews-Recipes
Over a month into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s astounding how many people have taken to baking their own bread and it’s still nigh on impossible to buy bread flour or yeast. I’ve been lucky to be able to source fresh yeast and flour from my local Italian deli, Corto, but this gives […]
Read MoreThere have been a lot of Italians – Italian restaurants and delis – in Twickenham for as long as I’ve lived here. And that’s well over 20 years. But it’s only since writing the blog that I’ve stopped to wonder why. When I was searching out some sumac a few months ago, my friend Elsa, […]
Read MoreI rarely bake; by that I mean, I don’t make cakes (except the family favourite Torta Caprese for special occasions) and bread I mostly gave up on long ago. However, I did manage a pretty passable soda bread a little while ago, courtesy of the Fabulous Baker Brothers when I reviewed their book – and […]
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