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Grenada: Recipe for Banana Bread, Chocolate & Spices

Grenada: Recipe for Banana Bread, Chocolate & Spices

My recipe for Banana Bread with Grenada Spices and Chocolate. I attended the 6th Grenada Chocolate Festival (this was my fifth time) and as part of the festival I was asked to do a demonstration to the festival guests. I decided to bake my favourite […]

The English Drinks Co: New Lime Tree Gin

The English Drinks Co: New Lime Tree Gin

The English Drinks Company have added  – Lime Tree Gin – to their citrus range of premium gins which includes The Lemon Grove Gin – infused with luscious lemons and The Orangery Gin – infused with Valencian oranges. The new flavour is fresh and perfectly […]

London: Review of The Glasshouse Restaurant at The Grove

London: Review of The Glasshouse Restaurant at The Grove

I was a guest of The Grove and reviewed the Glasshouse Restaurant for lunch. The famous hotel, restaurant and spa, The Grove has recently renovated their restaurant. The Glasshouse opened recently, fully re-furbed with a luminous new decor and absolutely gorgeous in style along with […]

London: Copper Leaf Restaurant Review

London: Copper Leaf Restaurant Review

I reviewed Copper Leaf Restaurant in Hampton Wick recently. I had been told by quite a few of my friends that Copper Leaf restaurant was a great place to dine, the food delicious and the ambiance unique.  When I was asked to review and to […]

Devon: Salcombe Harbour Hotel

Devon: Salcombe Harbour Hotel

I was invited to Salcome in South Devon to attend Salcombe Gin School.  As it was a 4 hour drive Mr R and I decided to stay a couple of nights and get to know the area a bit.  We stayed at the Salcombe Harbour […]

Book Review and Giveaway – Orexi – Feasting at the Modern Greek Table

Book Review and Giveaway – Orexi – Feasting at the Modern Greek Table

Book Review and Giveaway – Orexi – Feasting at the Modern Greek Table Theo Michaels has written Orexi! – Feasting at the Modern Greek Table and I first met when he came to my house as part of a scheme to send a chef to […]

Recipe: Greek Orange Polenta Cake

Recipe: Greek Orange Polenta Cake

Orange Polenta Cake As I was getting ready to leave Athens for the airport recently, my friend who was driving us to the airport arrived with a bag full of lemons and oranges from her back garden for me to carry home. How lovely to […]

Devon: 48 Hours in Salcombe

Devon: 48 Hours in Salcombe

Spending 48 hours in Salcombe, Devon If you have 48 hours for a quick break and want to go somewhere quaint, cosy and off the beaten track with great food and drink as well as luxurious hotels then Salcombe is the perfect spot. After a […]

Cook Authentic Indian Food at Home with Simply Sensational Food

Cook Authentic Indian Food at Home with Simply Sensational Food

Cooking authentic Indian food at home with Simply Sensational Food. Do you ever go out to an Indian restaurant and wish you could cook food like this at home? My friend and fellow food blogger Nayna has started her own company teaching people to cook […]

Kingston: Review of Chakra London Kingston Restaurant

Kingston: Review of Chakra London Kingston Restaurant

My review of Chakra London Kingston Restaurant:- With my blogger friends Nayna and Manjiri I reviewed Chakra Restaurant in High Street Kensington some time ago so I was really excited to visit Chakra London Kingston restaurant. You can read that review here – London: Chakra – […]

Greece: 48 hours in Athens

Greece: 48 hours in Athens

48 Hours in Athens – Sleep, Eat and Play. If you want to spend some time in an exciting European city then Athens is the perfect place. Ancient yet vibrant, cosmopolitan and yet very Greek.  There are fantastic hotels to stay in, restaurants to dine […]

London: Lunchtime Review of Ritorno Italian Restaurant

London: Lunchtime Review of Ritorno Italian Restaurant

Lunchtime Review – Ritorno Italian Restaurant – Covent Garden, London If you are visiting London or work in the Covent Garden area of Central London and you fancy a quick lunch then I can recommend the perfect place!  Ritorno Italian Restaurant on Great Queen Street […]

Hamburg: Fun, Film and Food with FoodBoom

Hamburg: Fun, Film and Food with FoodBoom

Hamburg – Discovering the fun, film and food at Foodboom I recently visited Hamburg in Germany for a Traverse conference KeyFrame19. This was four days packed with sessions to learn about filming videos and creating a YouTube channel as well as getting the most out […]

Recipe: Easy Peanut Butter Brownies

Recipe: Easy Peanut Butter Brownies

Here is my recipe for Easy Peanut Butter Brownies, rich and chocolaty with the salty stripes of smooth peanut butter. Recently it was national chocolate day as well as national peanut butter day so naturally I decided to combine the two and make Peanut Butter […]

Giveaway: Win Two Tickets to Gin Live in London

Giveaway: Win Two Tickets to Gin Live in London

Giveaway: Win two tickets to Gin Live in London 30 March 2019. I have teamed up with Gin Magazine to offer one lucky reader a pair of tickets to their new event – Gin Live. The tickets will also include late entry to the Whiskey […]

Afternoon Tea: Leila Moroccan Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea: Leila Moroccan Afternoon Tea

Moroccan Afternoon Tea at Leila Ealing. You may or not know but Afternoon Tea is my favourite meal! I love the classical, however it is a real treat to sample Afternoon Tea with a difference. Recently I was invited to try the Moroccan Afternoon Tea […]