Posted in cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, food & travel, Italian, Italy, meat, pasta, recipe, traveleating, Tuscan on May 8th, 2009
I was excited to receive cookery book The Real Flavour of Tuscany from Quadrille Publishing to review. Books that take time to explore the culture and history of food appeal to me far more than those that consist of no more than a collection of recipes grouped into ‘starters’, ‘mains’ and ‘puddings’. This one, de [...]
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A guest post from the resident chef and husband. This was incredibly delicious and unbelievably filling! And very quick to make, which is why I’ve placed this in the Quick & Simple series. ‘This classic Piedmontese recipe is taken and adapted from one I was recently served in Italy by two excellent chefs for a [...]
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Background: Bocca di Lupo (literally Mouth of the Wolf) opened in Soho, London towards the end of last year. Several rave reviews later, fellow food blogger tasty treats! and I decided to go there for lunch a few days ago. I don’t eat much Italian food in London, as I prefer to go to Italy [...]
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Posted in dining out, food, Italian, Italy, London, pasta, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Jan 12th, 2009
Background: Rossopomodoro (‘red tomato’) in Covent Garden is part of a large pizza chain based in Naples, Italy with 70 branches around the world. There are two other London branches in Notting Hill and Chelsea, and according to their website, they pride themselves on cooking traditional Neapolitan food using ingredients from the region. I recently [...]
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Posted in China, Chinese, cookery, cooking, dining out, food, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Italy, Japanese, London, recipe, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Dec 31st, 2008
Every month on World Foodie Guide, there’s a short round-up of news and particularly interesting reviews or recipes in Second Helpings. Here is the end of year version for 2008! I went to Italy twice, as well as on a long trip to Hong Kong, Macau and China. All these wonderful traveleating trips are well [...]
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