Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands – and then eat just one of the pieces. (Judith Viorst) Nigella Lawson’s now somewhat famous Quadruple Chocolate Cake is one of my all time favourites, both for the baking and the eating of it. Baking wise, it couldn’t [...]
Laura Santtini’s passion for food comes from her Italian grandmother and her parents who launched the Italian restaurant Santtini’s in Belgravia, (which was famed for being Frank Sinatra’s all-time favourite eatery). As an avid cook she has mastered the skills required in transforming every day Italian dishes into unforgettable and simply magical food. In her [...]
It’s now nearly two months since the earthquake hit Haiti and an estimated 700,000 people are living in make-shift shelters. H2Ope for Haiti is an online raffle that Jeanne from CookSister helped launch together with BloggerAid – Changing the Face of Famine (BA-CFF) to raise funds for Concern Worldwide’s relief effort in Haiti. They selected Concern Worldwide [...]
How do you fancy winning a trip to Vietnam? London’s first Vietnamese street food restaurant Pho has launched a new website and to celebrate, the owners Stephen and Juliette Wall are giving away a holiday in Vietnam to two lucky customers. Pho restaurants specialise in the national dish of Vietnam: pho – pronounced “fuh”. Stephen [...]
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A few weeks back I was contacted by a PR company asking me to review an Interflora Mothers Day gift. I was sent the Biscuiteers Shoe Box – a lovely gift set of tea cup and glitzy shoe shaped chocolate biscuits all nestled in a decorative tin. For the shoe lover they really are an [...]