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The Most Traditional Foods for Greek Orthodox Easter

The Most Traditional Foods for Greek Orthodox Easter

The Most Traditional Foods for Greek OrthodoxEaster Traditional foods play a central role in Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations, reflecting both religious symbolism and cultural heritage. Here are some of the most common traditional foods enjoyed during Greek Orthodox Easter: When is Greek Easter? Usually Greek […]

Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recently for National Hot Chocolate Day I wanted to mark the occasion. My friend and fellow blogger Nikki (Tikkido.com) has a recipe on her blog so we decided to make it together on my weekly instagram live. What ingredients are […]

Greece: Thessaloniki: Come for the Culture – Stay for the Food

Greece: Thessaloniki: Come for the Culture – Stay for the Food

Thessaloniki: Come for the Culture – Stay for the Food Where is Thessaloniki? Thessaloniki is the second-largest city in Greece, located in the northern part of the country. It is the capital of the Central Macedonia region and is a short 55 minute flight from […]

Preserving Travel Memories with El Camino Bracelets

Preserving Travel Memories with El Camino Bracelets

Preserving Travel Memories with El Camino Bracelets El Camino Bracelets are a fantastic way to preserve and record your travel memories. What are El Camino Bracelets? Over 75,000 people who are travel-lovers wear an El Camino Bracelet or Necklace. That’s a lot of travel memories! […]

Recipe: Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake

Recipe: Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake

Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake  If you love chocolate cake you are really going to love this Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake. What makes this cake Mexican? Along with the usual ingredients of a chocolate cake this cake has cayenne pepper and cinnamon.  They are both ingredients […]

Recipe: Delicious Tahini Brownies

Recipe: Delicious Tahini Brownies

Delicious Tahini Brownies Sitting at the table the other day I was thinking of delicious things I could add tahini to. The thought jumped into my head that if I could make brownies with peanut butter then I could make some with tahini! What is […]

Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake What is Crumb Cake: Crumb cake is a simple sponge cake with some of the dry mixture kept aside and sprinkled on top of the finished batter before baking. Is Crumb Cake the same as Coffee Cake: In the United States […]

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London Do you need to brush up on your cooking skills or maybe learn new ones? Want to impress the family and/or friends? Cookery School London Cookery School London is a fantastic place to do all of the above […]

Recipe: Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III

Recipe: Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III

Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III The Coronation of King Charles III. Long live King Charles III! Coronation Chicken has become a favourite sandwich filling for afternoon tea across the nation. The original recipe was created by Le Cordon Blue London for a […]

Recipe: California Prune Butter

Recipe: California Prune Butter

California Prune Butter Recently I have been creating recipes using California Prunes as the hero ingredient especially as 99% of prunes produced in the US and 40% of prunes sold worldwide are from California. What makes California Prunes so special? The legendary Petit d’Agen plum was brought […]

Greece: A Long Weekend in Athens Post Pandemic

Greece: A Long Weekend in Athens Post Pandemic

A Long Weekend in Athens Post Pandemic I love the capital city of Greece, Athens.  I have had the pleasure and opportunity to visit it quite a few times however this recent trip was post pandemic. Athens is an easy to reach destination from the […]

Cuisine Box – Easy to Make Paella Kit

Cuisine Box – Easy to Make Paella Kit

Easy to Make Paella Kit Have you ever wanted to make a paella at home but worried it would be too difficult or you wouldn’t know how much rice to use or how much stock etc etc! Cuisine Box has a kit for you to […]

Recipe: How To Make A Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

Recipe: How To Make A Classic Victoria Sponge Cake

How To Make A Classic Victoria Sponge Cake What is your favourite cake? Without a doubt a classic Victoria sponge cake is my favourite cake and especially my favourite cake to make at home. How do you assemble the sponge layers? Originally you would sandwich […]

Recipe: Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake

Recipe: Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake

Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake No matter which British Christmas tradition you and you family observe and no matter what you serve on the big day nothing beats having a homemade Christmas Cake. Traditionally you would put a layer of marzipan paste on top […]

Recipe: California Prune and Cognac Ice Cream with Marzipan

Recipe: California Prune and Cognac Ice Cream with Marzipan

California Prune and Cognac Ice Cream I am sure you have heard of and probably tasted rum and raisin ice cream. Well let’s go one step further, let’s take this idea up a notch! Are you ready? I was sent some California Prunes and although […]

Christmas: Drinks for Your Christmas Day

Christmas: Drinks for Your Christmas Day

(sponsored post) Drinks for Your Christmas Day It s always a difficult decision what drinks to have in the house for the Christmas season. This year I decided to narrow down the selection but to make it a great one.  I will of course have […]