Not so long after I joined up to Twitter I had a lovely email from Jamie (writer of the amazing Life’s A Feast blog) asking me if I’d like to attend a blogging event in London; I was stunned, me, invited to a blogging meet up. Fabulous; how could I turn that down? Of course [...]
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A couple of weeks back a lovely friend of mine, Kerry Anne, from New Zealand sent me a lovely collection of food magazines, Dish, Cuisine and Australian Vogue Entertaining + Travel. I have to confess that all three are of a much higher standard than the ones gracing our newsagent shelves here in the UK. [...]
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Another drink review for you. This time it is Frascati Superiore ‘Terre Laviche’, Casale Mattia 2006/7 courtesy of Abel & Cole. The Casale Mattia is situated in the volcanic hills south of Rome, in the epicentre of the Frascati production area. Frascati is a wine known throughout the world and is the standard-bearer of the [...]
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When I read about Deeba’s Praline Pumpkin Pie over on Twitter a few weeks ago I just had to make it myself. The recipe originally comes from the book Park Avenue Potluck Celebrations; but as per usual I’ve made a few changes along the way. Pumpkin pie is a traditional North American sweet dessert, a [...]
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The Christmas season is nearly upon us, a time of year I love – a time to spend with family and friends – but it can be a trifle stressful too, to add to your worries about cooking for everyone, fitting everyone in and keeping everybody happy you’re left worrying about presents as well. Much [...]
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‘Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?’ Said the Piggy, ‘I will.’ So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on [...]
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All this dreary wet weather recently has left me longing after sunnier climes, whilst I can’t just hop on a jet plane and head off into the sunset at a moments notice I can get creative in the kitchen and produce food that induces memories of holidays gone by and gives the illusion of warmth [...]
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I have just created a Facebook page for my blog http://tiny.cc/OZfUY Do feel free to sign up as fans for regular blog updates and much more besides. Posted via web from Culinary Travels Posterous Share this:
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Abel & Cole have very kindly sent me a box of alcoholic beverages to review. Now it will take me a wee while to work my way through all of them, I know, it’s a tough job but somebody has to do it I know many of you have read about Abel & Cole on [...]
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“If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing. If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing by reading this book.” —Guy Kawasaki, cofounder of Alltop, and author of Reality Check Whilst Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs (The New Rules of Social [...]
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Not so long back I visited Cley Next The Sea in North Norfolk, a lovely place and one that I would return to again and again. The village is home to a fabulous Smokehouse, and of course I just had to bring back a sample of their delightful produce home with me. All the smoking [...]
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