Eat well - travel often
Bill’s Restaurant in St Albans New Menu and Re-design Bill’s restaurant in St Albans is one of their select sites that have recently undergone a refurbishment and new menu launch. Mr R and I live in St Albans which made a nice change for us […]
Insomnia – my ten top tips for a good night’s sleep. Insomnia or sleeplessness is described as any or all of the following:- difficulty falling asleep, waking up often in the night, trouble getting back to sleep and not sleeping long enough to feel refreshed. […]
Generally I am so busy and tired that I really don’t have time to think what’s for dinner today let alone tomorrow and I find that I spend less and less time with friends. What better way to spend time with friends than cooking together, chatting, […]
My friend Ren Behan proudly published her first cookbook at the beginning of September this year. I reviewed her book ‘Wild Honey and Rye’ on my blog on publication day and you can read that review Wild Honey & Rye. One morning I popped over […]
I have often said and written that Afternoon Tea is one of my favourite meals. I love lingering with friends and family over plates piled high with thin sandwiches with no crusts (I hate crusts on sandwiches so this is a plus point for me!), […]
I have been baking my quick and easy fruit cake for years now and it never fails. This time of year we have a surplus of really nice, heritage, cooking apples at the end of the garden. Sometimes I make cakes with chopped apples or […]
A Day on a Big Ship, the MSC Preziosa, with a lot of fellow bloggers. Every year Flea Enterprises invites bloggers registered on Foodies100/Tots100/HIBS100/Trips100 to BlogCamp – a gathering of bloggers from all walks of blogs along with great workshop sessions, networking, learning and cake; […]
I was recently taking part in a Blogger convention in Southampton. I was attending with blogging friends/colleagues Manjiri from Travels For Taste and Nayna who writes Simply Sensational Food. We needed to stay over night for two nights. Southampton has plenty of accommodation for students, […]
I have always loved sauerkraut, a fermented cabbage with its origins in Eastern Europe but never realised how healthy it was for me. I have been reading about feeding your gut and it all suggests that we need to eat more fermented foods including live […]
I arrived in the UK in 1975 living and worked in London. I fell in love with London right from the start frequently shopping and eating in London’s China Town. Over the years I have seen many changes in London especially on the food front […]
Making home made jam fills your kitchen with intoxicating smells and give you a sense of achievement. We have an allotment where we spend loads of our free time and grow lots of our vegetables during the summer and fall growing seasons. Something that does […]
On a recent trip to Mexico City a couple of months ago we stayed at the Hotel Geneve, one of the oldest hotels in Mexico City. As you slowly make your way through crowded and busy street you certainly don’t expect to arrive at this […]
A couple of years ago I was in Mexico City on a press trip we had a slight change to our itinerary leaving us with an evening to fill. The guys in the party really wanted to visit the wrestling but to be fair I […]
This is a list of my favourite travel tips – little things that help make the journey or time away from home a little more bearable! 1. Clear Glasses Cases https://kitchentalkandtravels.com/2015/09/15/travel-tip-clear-glasses-cases/ 2. Condiments https://kitchentalkandtravels.com/2016/01/22/travel-tip-2-take-your-condiments/ 3. Cosmetics https://kitchentalkandtravels.com/2016/03/16/travel-tip-3-travel-light-cosmetics/ 4. Be Prepared https://kitchentalkandtravels.com/2016/03/27/travel-tip-4-be-prepared-bubble-wrap/ 5. Coconut Oil – […]
When you get strawberries on the allotment make Strawberry and Coconut Ice Cream When you have an allotment it seems that everything starts producing at once making it easy to get overwhelmed. However this immense movement usually starts from the middle of July. It is […]
School Time – They need your help!! Last year I attended the 2nd Annual Grenada Chocolate Festival and had a really fantastic time. Before I went someone told me that a trip to Grenada would be life changing experience – little did I know how […]