Today I’m heading into one of my favourite London areas for lunch at Jacuzzi in High Street Kensington. The traditional Italian trattoria is part of five restaurants spread across London which make up the Big Mamma Group. This is one of the most beautiful restaurants I’ve eaten in for a very long time. Seriously, you can’t […]
Today it’s time for some fabulous Italian dishes at Cin Cin. It’s in Fitzrovia just north of Oxford Street, among a lovely maze of streets lined with delightful bars, pubs and restaurants. There are already two award-winning branches of Cin Cin in Brighton and Hove – this is their first London venture. It opened in […]
Today we’re going Italian with a great homemade spaghetti bolognese recipe paired with a lovely bottle of Carvinea Organic Primitivo wine. First, about the Primitivo. This is the sort of wine that elicits gasps of joy with every sip. With vines grown around the small town of Carovigno in the north of the Salento winemaking […]
So today we’ve entered into official Nationwide Lockdown 3. Though we’ve been at Tier 4 for over two weeks anyway which isn’t that much different. Covid news is dire, especially in London and now we have to stay at home for seven weeks. I’m guessing this is probably a minimum time period. It seems like […]
My pre-covid life involved a lot of travelling, a lot of eating out and a lot of cooking. 2020 has been a very different year for me. Okay, the cooking at home has increased but I’ve missed the opportunities to cook all over the world and with different chefs. So today I’m excited to be […]
My most-frequented post-lockdown destination this summer has turned out to be Battersea Power Station. It was one of the first places I went as soon as restaurants opened up again. And then as friends read about my initial visit there, they all suggested going there, too. So, not one to let my friends down, I’ve […]