Eat well - travel often
The Wonderbag is a new concept – A non-electric slow cooker that is completely portable! Wonderbag is a new slow cooker that doesn’t need to be plugged in or need to sit on a fire for hours. The cook just needs to cook the food […]
Baladi: Palestine – A Celebration of Food from Land and Sea written by Joudie Kalla whose mission is to raise awareness of the food of Palestine and the community spirit of the people that live there. This is the second book from celebrated chef and […]
On my recent trip to Athens I was introduced to Impact Hub based in the Municipal Market of Kipseli. In the 1990s quite a few of the supermarkets and market halls closed down in this area. An EU (European Union) grant enabled the old market […]
Ren Behan, host of Polish Home Comforts, is a British citizen whose parents were both born in Poland and relocated to the UK before starting their family. Ren grew up with a very strong connection to her Polish heritage keeping it very much alive within […]
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is reputed to be the oldest inhabited pub in England and we are really lucky that it is right on our doorstep! As part of St Albans Food and Drink Festival held at the beginning of October each year, Ye Olde Fighting […]
My first visit to Greece and more importantly the island of Crete. I was introduced to Hand Picked Greece – a day spent in the hills near Chania on a practically self-sufficient smallholding. As a food and travel blogger I get to have some amazing […]
Scroll down for my recipe for Caribbean Pepper Pot Stew:- Each Caribbean island I have visited have their own version of a Pepper Pot Stew. It is a slow cooked, rich and meaty stew with varying degrees of heat depending on the cook so I […]
Recipe: scroll down for my recipe for Broccoli soup. We love broccoli and we love soup and with this recipe I will give you a simple and yet delicious recipe for broccoli soup – perfect for supper on these autumn evenings. When I cook broccoli […]
Your chance to win a Spice Pack from Grenada. Most mornings I have a smoothie bowl for breakfast and if I do I always have some cinnamon and some freshly grated nutmeg on top that I brought back from Grenada. Grenada is known as the […]
My goal to get to know the Caribbean islands took one step further this year when Mr R and I visited the island of Nevis. We stayed in luxurious and beautiful hotels and ate in award winning restaurants and always with majestic Mt Nevis in […]
Book Review and Giveaway – The Seven Culinary Wonders of the World by Jenny Linford I have joined with White Lion Publishing to offer you this fabulous giveaway. This book is a history of the the seven culinary items that seem to crop up […]
A friend of mine started a business by mixing prime grade, Canadian, maple syrup with lightly salted butter and coming up with a delicious product which is wonderful spread on toasted bread, crumpets, pancakes and well everything! It is called Moose Maple Butter and has been gaining […]
Recently I was fortunate enough to spend time with the High Commissioner of Barbados at his London office. I arrived on the third floor, on the day the lift was broken, puffing and out of breath to be greeted by the High Commissioner, Guy Hewitt […]
Olea means olive in Greek. To offer an olive branch is to offer the hand of peace. Giving a bowl of olives to a guest at your home or at a restaurant is to welcome them and the owner of the luxury Olea Villas makes sure […]
Scroll down for the recipe for my simple and tasty honey cake. Years ago I used to have a cafe on the weekends at a local environmental centre. I would make all of my cakes, jams, chutneys and more during the week. One winner was […]
Scroll down for my recipe for home made Cretan Orange Ice Cream. On a recent visit to Crete I was lulled by the vastness of the orange groves which seemed to be around every corner. If there weren’t orange groves then there were lemon groves. […]