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Do I need to become a chia cheerleader??

Every few months another weird and wonderful ‘superfood’ is written and talked about that no one has ever heard of before. I feel like chia seeds are on everyone’s lips at the moment – apart from in our household that is, we’re waaaay behind the times with our quinoa and goji berries… Apparently chia seeds… Continue reading Do I need to become a chia cheerleader??

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Warning: Pictures of wieners

I’ll just keep this one short (no pun intended). My husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary at the weekend and wanted to go to somewhere which has been on our list for a while – The Delaunay. I know it has been around for a while but we had just never got around… Continue reading Warning: Pictures of wieners

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No pop-ups, no food trucks, just great eating out

I’ve been wanting to write about how fabulous my little town in southwest London is for eating for a while. Earlsfield, or ‘Earlsvegas’ as some of us locals call it, sits between the famous curry destination of Tooting and what some people may perceive as the posh nosh areas of Clapham and Battersea. It isn’t… Continue reading No pop-ups, no food trucks, just great eating out

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A week of homely cooking, without any celebrities…

Lily Allen, Keira Knightley, Stephen Fry, Lindsay Lohan, Simon Cowell, David Beckham and Bill Clinton. Those are just a few of the people who have been eating at Chiltern Firehouse in London this week – well according to the newspapers anyway. A few months ago I tried to get a table there. I must have been… Continue reading A week of homely cooking, without any celebrities…

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Finally putting the knife and fork down to write!

Deep breath – here we go… I’m going to make my very first post on this blog short because I don’t really know what I’m doing. Despite worrying that some of my best meals may be behind me (sob), I have made the decision to document my culinary adventures near and far. This is for… Continue reading Finally putting the knife and fork down to write!