Eat well - travel often
I love cast iron for cooking and if you look after it you will have the pieces for a lifetime. Judge Cookware have come out with a new range of cast iron cookware with a wooden serving base plate that protects your counters and table […]
Food at 52, a cookery school that I have attended many times over the last three years or so, have a new course to add to their repertoire – Meat Free Mondays! We are all being encouraged to eat less meat which for many starts […]
Recently a visit to Devon-Dorset borders for a day at River Cottage HQ meant we would book a B&B in the Axminster region and make a three day break. Mr R had already booked the week off and we were looking forward to exploring a […]
When I was in Grenada for the 2nd Annual Grenada Chocolate Festival earlier this year I met a lovely woman, Ana Rita, from Mexico City who ran her own museum of chocolate in Mexico City. On my recent trip to Mexico City in August we […]
When I was in Mexico City earlier this year I was on an organised trip which took us to some great restaurants but one of the best restaurants in Mexico City was not on the list. I kept thinking how much I would have loved […]
I prefer to use bamboo in the kitchen instead of wood such as cooking utensils and chopping boards. I was sent this bamboo chopping board which has a built in knife honer by Stella. Forgot to sharpen your knife before slicing? Now there’s no problem […]
When food bloggers get together we chat, photograph like there is no tomorrow and eat! A group of us had just this opportunity recently when Foodies100 and River Cottage HQ invited about 50 of us to spend the day in Devon at the home of […]
Flying from London Heathrow airport to exciting destinations or coming in from afar and want a hotel with easy access to West London? There are a number of the big name hotels within a 5 minute drive of Terminals 1, 2 &3., I recently stayed […]
Mr R and I had a day off together recently. Sometimes you are so busy running around your own city you forget to take the time to be a tourist. We took some time today to have a trip into Central London. The weather was […]
I attended the launch of The Great British Spiced Chocolate Challenge earlier this year when the gauntlet went down inviting participants to create a chocolate using over 300 spices supplied by the artisan spice company ‘Seasoned Pioneers’ and a fantastic prize offered by sponsors British […]
An idea I picked up for keeping small, essential things in your suitcase or hand luggage when flying. Mr R and I were handed some clear plastic spectacle cases one Saturday when we were going into the town. The following Saturday we were handed a […]
VeeTee rice have challenged some bloggers to come up with a recipe using one of their new range of four microwavable rice packs. Having just returned from Mexico City I chose the Mexican rice (a spicy Mexican style rice with adzuki beans, sweetcorn, tomatoes and […]
After all of the sights and sounds of Mexico City I had experienced it didn’t seem possible that we were only half way through our stay! It was Saturday and the place to go was to San Angel area, with its beautiful homes and which […]
I get excited when I see the produce I am growing in my allotment (half plot size) so try to imagine the sight of the 15 acre Innovation Garden on the Hammond Food Oils and Hammond Produce’s trial garden! I was taken to a marquee […]
Rising from the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan – Mexico City has museums both contemporary and historic as well as world class restaurants and vibrant parks making it the colourful, vibrant, cultural and contemporary city that it is today. When I arrived at the […]
You know the song ‘It started with a Kiss’ well our supper tonight started with a courgette! It was going to be courgette and vegetable stir fry with noodles but ended up more like noodle and vegetable stir fry. After meeting a fellow blogger in […]