Welcome to my first post from the Western Cape. It’s certainly a splendid start! Dining in the Cape Winelands takes serious planning in the summer. The top restaurants get booked up very early, so we sat down in September and made a list of places we simply had to visit. Delaire Graff was one of […]
Happy (somewhat belated) 2014 everyone. Apologies for my blog silences over the past month, I’ve moved to self-hosting (more difficult and time consuming than I was expecting) and I took the opportunity to redesign. Plus of course there’s been the whirlwind of socialising with family and friends in the beautiful Cape Town sunshine. Let’s just […]
2013’s been a great year for travel adventures. I went on my first-ever cruise around the Mediterranean, visiting Italy, Sicily, Greece and Turkey; spent three weeks in Spain at La Manga and jetted off to Thailand for an autumn break. And of course there’s also my winter sojourn in Cape Town. So that’s a lot […]
Well, it’s been a long road and nearly a month since I’ve posted a blog. My whole system has changed over and I’ve redesigned which has been way more complicated than I could ever have anticipated. So, sorry for disappearing off your radar for so long. Please refollow my blog on the right hand side […]
Today I’m just off Oxford Street in what I think is one of London’s best restaurant streets – Charlotte Street. If you’re visiting London, stay around there and you’ll find somewhere within a few minutes walk to eat every night for at least two weeks. All really good restaurants, too. And amazingly new places continue […]
In an attempt to detox I decided to make a batch of vegetable soup. I wanted something fairly substantial and I do love the flavour of celeriac so here’s what I came up with. Adding the peas and broad beans after I pureed the mixture gave the soup more texture and they literally popped their […]