Isn’t it funny what you miss from home? When the first wave of South Africans came over to London after we were welcomed back into the Commonwealth, suitcases were stuffed full of Mrs Ball’s chutney, rooibos tea and illicit biltong. Now all of these things are available at many mainstream supermarkets (which is either a […]
Click here for a full portionLondon food bloggers salt tasting
As I mentioned in my post about the London food bloggers’ butter tasting, a few weekends ago a couple of the London bloggers got together at Passionate Cook Johanna‘s place for an afternoon of training our tastebuds to seek out the great and the good in the worlds of butter and salt. The butter tasting […]
Click here for a full portionAmarula cream and caramel fleur de sel chocolate truffles for SHF#25
Can you believe it’s been a whole month since I hosted the Petit Fours edition of Sugar High Friday? Nope, me neither… But a glance at my calendar tells me that this is indeed the case, and a peek at lovely host Johanna‘s blog will tell you that the theme for this month’s sugary extravaganza […]
Click here for a full portionPont de la Tour brasserie – best bargain in London!
I love spending time on the south bank of the Thames. For a start, I always find being by the river very calming, and the attraction of the south bank is that parts of it feel as if they have not changed in a hundred years or more. The atmospheric railway arches, the cobbled lanes, […]
Click here for a full portionNew York, Day 1: Brooklyn Bridge & Bubby’s Pie Company
New York, to that tall skyline I come Flying in from London to your door – Simon & Garfunkel
Click here for a full portionLondon food bloggers butter tasting
The London food bloggers go incognito for the tasting. Can you guess who’s who? 😉 Well, we’ve tried (amongst others) canapes, chocolate, Spanish food & wine, and Mexican food. So why on earth not salt and butter? Yup, the London food bloggers were, 3 Saturdays ago, once more to be found crowded around a table, […]
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