Despite occasional grumbles about its criteria, judging process and relevance, the Michelin Guide’s annual announcement of the list of restaurants worldwide that have achieved one-, two- or three-star status remains one of the most hotly anticipated, debated and dissected announcements in the culinary calendar. In the 2019 Guide announced in late 2018, a record 21 new stars were awarded […]
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Anchor me – St George’s Carenage, Grenada, May 2018
Click here for a full portionA winter weekend break in Basel, Switzerland
All too often when I visit Switzerland in the winter, it’s part of a mad dash through Geneva airport, usually struggling under the weight of skis and ski boots, straight into a minibus and off to the mountains and the ski chalet. Or in the summer, more often than not, it’s a mad dash through the […]
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Maman by Louise Bourgeois – Guggenheim Bilbao, April 2018
Click here for a full portionLentils with roasted pumpkin and chilli-marinated feta
When I was searching for a New Year’s quote as an opening line to this blog post, the kind of things that kept coming up either perkily referenced how the year lay before us like a blank page waiting to be written/blank canvas waiting to be painted/journey waiting to be embarked upon/ bla bla bla; […]
Click here for a full portionThe Neff gingerbread house bake-off
Confession: despite now having been foodblogging for nearly 15 years, I have never baked a gingerbread house – or even decorated a ready-made one from a kit. I know, right? You’re thinking to yourselves “and she calls herself a food blogger… seriously?!” But the truth is I have always been more of a cook than […]
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