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  • Cycling In TuscanyCycling In TuscanyWhat a fantastic experience – a few days in Tuscany thanks to travel experts G Adventures – one of which involved a long cycle ride around
  • Saltimbocca RecipeSaltimbocca RecipeCoincidentally the arrival of the, hugely generous, Westin Gourmet box brimming with various meat cuts arrived the same day as the March 2013 issue of Delicious
  • Spaghetti and Meatballs RecipeSpaghetti and Meatballs RecipeThe simplest of dishes so benefit from the best ingredients; and this recipe is about the simplest you can get. Spaghetti and Meatballs an Italian classic
  • The Kitchen Garden at the PigThe Kitchen Garden at the PigNot wanting to overwhelm the main review (The Pig, Brockenhurst on Spittoon) with a mammoth number of photos here is a little gallery of the Kitchen
  • BITE 2013 Artisan Food FairBITE 2013 Artisan Food FairUnder the days last blast of bright, winter sunshine I managed to catch the closing minutes of BITE 2013. This, held in the ‘so-quaint-it-hurts’ centre of
  • Zewelwai - Onion Tart RecipeZewelwai - Onion Tart RecipeI wouldn’t go so far as to label it a hatred, its more a dislike; an intentional avoidance of all things quiche. This disinclination to consume
  • Italian Carrot Cake RecipeItalian Carrot Cake RecipeI’m more a Nigel or Hugh FW man than a Nigella lover; but there she was in a seemingly endless run of her programs one afternoon.
  • Panettone Bread and Butter PuddingPanettone Bread and Butter PuddingI toss a handful of currants in a big splash of brandy and leave the bowl, covered, in the fridge overnight. No real plan on what
  • Hotel Chocolat Rather Large CrackerHotel Chocolat Rather Large CrackerSo I was sent one for review but I have also sent one to the family for a fun addition to the Christmas festivities. (Actually an
  • Cigalon Provençal Restaurant & GrillCigalon Provençal Restaurant & GrillCigalon Provençal Restaurant & Grill From the rather dreary, cold late-autumn Chancery Lane the narrow door to Cigalon leads to a room of total contrast. Unexpectedly
  • Ballooning Over CappadociaBallooning Over CappadociaThink the photographs speak for themselves – dawn ballooning over Cappadocia, Turkey is an extraordinary experience. Just one event from the EWBC Post trip to this
  • Tart Au Chocolate RecipeTart Au Chocolate Recipe new recipe book sent for review, in this instance Sud De France: The Food and Cooking of The Languedoc, rather requires a try out of some
Goats Cheese and Walnut Crostini

Goats Cheese and Walnut Crostini

I’m sure the ‘recipe’, such as it is isn’t mine. I mean, someone of my limited culinary skills and low intellect is highly unlikely to comeRead More

Fog, Thames-side

Fog, Thames-side

A foggy start to the day; with hopeful intent at dawn, off on a short walk along the Thames looking for a few photo opportunities. ColdRead More

Sampling Wagamamas

Sampling Wagamamas

It is not really a place for relaxing – communal seating, cavernous company canteen feel, overlooked by an end wall mural of a head in aRead More

Down The Danube

Down The Danube

Three photos of the Austrian wine town of Durnstein taken while travelling along the Danube. Foggy and damp. Autumnal colours but not the best conditions forRead More

Photos of Munich

Photos of Munich

More travel. Last week a flight to Munich before a train trip across to Vienna and the European Wine Bloggers Conference. The camera died not longRead More

Reindeer and Cloudberries

Reindeer and Cloudberries

Souvas – a traditional Sami dish is made, as you would expect from reindeer herders, from reindeer meat. The meat is dry-salted and smoked in aRead More

More Photos From Sweden

More Photos From Sweden

The image is all – personally I don’t mind how photoshopped an image is – layered, textured, montaged, bisected, bleached – as long as the finalRead More

Fishing At Kukkolaforsen, Sweden

Fishing At Kukkolaforsen, Sweden

Kukkolaforsen at Haparanda on the Swedish border with Finland, a spot for rafting over rapids, for a little net fishing of returning salmon and white fishRead More

Photographs from Sweden: Sorbyn

Photographs from Sweden: Sorbyn

The penultimate day in Sweden was spent at Sörbyn, a fair bit inland from the Finnish border and a little north of Luleå. A superb mealRead More

Trout Swedish Style

Trout Swedish Style

Trout, Swedish Style for which you will need a trout. Firstly locate a remote lake in Sweden well stocked with fish. Preferably the lake should beRead More

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