Eat well - travel often
I first visited Pizza Express in 1976 when working for an American company my boss would take me out to lunch on a Friday every now and again. The first Pizza Express opened in Soho on the corner of Wardour Street and Rupert Court and is […]
Last year I attended my first Food Blogger Connect conference for food bloggers. Due to the high cost and the fact that not only did I not have any money spare but also could never have justified the expense to Mr R, I went as […]
World Duty Free who run the Duty Free shops across the 21 UK airports are in the middle of holding a Whisky Festival at their locations. They will introduce new premium brands and special editions and will offer whisky tastings. They also wanted to highlight the number of women […]
Tabasco comes in a size and strength to suit everyone! When I was younger eggs were not my favourite food, in fact following a rather unfortunate accident with a rotten bird’s egg I hated them! For years I wouldn’t touch an egg in any form […]
I have been asked by Chablis wines to write about my ideal summer/BBQ food & Chablis wine pairings. To help get me in the mood I have been sent a bottle of Chablis and a bottle of Petit Chablis. I love Chablis and don’t need […]
When I was invited to spend the day at the KFC headquarters and to visit a local KFC restaurant I was pretty sckeptical. The chicken pieces arrive frozen and ready to cook – right? The chicken pieces are greasy – right? The food is high […]
I was sent the new range of sweet biscuits from Thomas J Fudge’s Remarkable Bakery collection. They arrived in a beautifully presented box and it was really exciting to unwrap and see what was inside. Thomas J Fudge’s have been a family baking firm since […]
I was very happy to be invited to cook with the brilliant young Spanish chef, Omar Allibhoy recently along with Olives are It. Omar Allibhoy is a Spanish chef on a mission to bring Spanish food and its culture to the UK. I have cooked […]
Following a recent refurbishment of The Snug in St Albans I was invited to review their menu .It’s nice to have a meal in St. Albans without having to travel into London and for Mr R to accompany me. St. Albans has a vey popular restaurant culture […]
I was sent a hamper of tea from PGtips to introduce me to their new range of fruit, herbal and green teas. So many times in the past I have fanced a fruit tea and pouring the boiling water onto the tea bag gives an […]
Woof, woof, Bark. Sniff, Sniff – oh sorry I always forget you don’t talk dog! E-cloth invited my mum to discover their range of house hold cleaning cloths and tools (this year they have been around for 20 years – that’s a lot of dog […]
I always love being invited to Total Greek Yoghurt’s events. This time, just before Easter we met at Cafe Caldesi Cooking School in London to cook a Greek meal created by Tonia Buxton to create family Greek Easter recipes for the modern day family. Tonia […]
For National Butchers Week I was asked to cook a piece of meat from G Gibson, Butchers in Charter Place in Watford, Hertfordshire. I have had their meat before and it is fantastic quality and taste. With so many High Street butchers closing down in […]
I am very fond of home made soup and usually make some on Sunday for work lunches during the week. This Easter I went to stay with my daughter, son-in-law and the two boys. Mr R was supposed to come with me but a last […]
I do like a glass of rum (or two!!) especially when I am on holiday but here is an excuse to drink some at home. Aldi sent me a lovely hamper full of drinks and chocolate (well, it is Easter after all!) and some recipes […]
I was invited to attend the celebrated cooking school Foodat52 for an evening of MerryDown cider and cooking by the Celebrity Master Chef winner Ade Edmonson. Ade is also well known for his television career with The Young Ones and Bottom – neither of them […]