The Dome of the Rock – Jerusalem Old City, March 2015
Click here for a full portionCheesy chicken leek and tarragon pot-pie
Like most children , I suspect, I grew up with the notion that miracles are all-singing, all-dancing once-in-a-lifetime events. The blind seeing; the lame walking; the waters of the sea parting; water turning into wine – you get my drift. They were performed by special people, and most of us would trudge through our lives […]
Click here for a full portionMatching Chablis with food at Sushi Samba
I have sometimes been heard to say that the difference between New World and Old World wines can be likened to the difference between Las vegas and Milan. The former is all brash, up-in-your-face, full-on instant likeability. The latter is a more subtle pleasure – austere on the surface but complex, infused with history, and […]
Click here for a full portionAnnouncing a London food styling and photography workshop, 1-2 May 2015
Are you a keen traveller who loves to record your foodie adventures at restaurants and markets on camera? Or a food blogger who is frustrated by having an idea of the photos you want to take but never being able to capture the look you are after? Or maybe you are looking to up […]
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Authenticity (n) – truthfulness of origins, attributes, commitments, sincerity, devotion, and intentions Thus spake Wikipedia. And it’s a word that you increasingly hear being bandied about as a buzzword. If anybody under the age of 75 or so gets on a plane these days to go somewhere else, they no longer want to identify themselves as tourists. “Oh no,” they say disdainfully, […]
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Omne trium perfectum. Hands up – who can tell me what this Latin phrase means? I will give you a couple of clues: hung drawn and quartered; the three little pigs; or the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Any idea? If you are thinking it must have something to do with the number three, you […]
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