May is the month of many great things: my birthday, bank holidays, some sunshine if you’re lucky and also asparagus. On our way down to Cornwall last week we stopped at Trevaskis farm shop near Hayle where we stocked … Continue reading
Supper last night was a delight. It had started to rain and the dark, wet streets around Oxford Circus were stuffed with scurrying bodies all with heads down, marching forwards to get under cover. So it was with a huge … Continue reading
Trying to buy your first home in London, when you’re not a zillionaire is really quite hard. James and I have been spending every spare weekend and most evenings traipsing round roads, doing viewings and taking constant calls from dopey … Continue reading
My oldest sister now lives on the borders of Suffolk and Essex – or Suffex as we like to call it. And along the coast of this little bit of England, there lies possibly the country’s most brilliant seafood spot: … Continue reading
Here’s some inspiration for a super simple mid-week dinner recipe that happens to be quite healthy too. I’ve been making for this little number for a while, it’s a good option if you want something substantial but not too lardy. … Continue reading
Best New York City restaurants and bars (continued)… Please Don’t Tell PDT is a hot-dog joint for grown-ups. Accessed through a vintage phone booth within Crif Dogs, a fast food joint known for its deep-fried frankfurters, PDT (aka Please Don’t … Continue reading
So four days (and about four stone) later, this is a quick round up of some of the mind bogglingly brilliant places my two sisters and I ate and drank at in New York last week. Whilst it’s impossible to … Continue reading
So on Thursday three eager and intrigued restaurant PRs forewent lunch and took a train, a plane and a car and travelled to Fäviken in Jamtland for our supper. Jamtland is 500km north of Stockholm in Sweden, not far from the … Continue reading
So last weekend Mr T booked possibly one of the coolest places to stay: A beautifully restored tiny shepherds cabin set into a field of buttercups and daisies with gorgeous sweeping views of Fontmell Down in Dorset. Outside hens, horses … Continue reading
As early as 1818 these small, flat raisin filled cakes were being gobbled up all over the UK and even as far as the West Indies having supposedly originated in James Birch’s shop on the corner of Vicarage Road in … Continue reading
