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During lunch at Honey & Co. a few weeks ago, I tried a Chocolate Krantz Cake for the first time. It’s a yeast bread filled with chocolate sauce, pecans and sugar and rolled in a braid shape. I didn't know what the cake was called, as I ordered it...

When I was in Rome last month, my mum had just finished making a batch of bitter orange marmalade. I sneakily put a jar in my suitcase and brought it back to London! My mum makes amazing jams and marmalades, something I have yet to try doing myself. Back...

Last year I took part to the Lavazza Coffee Set Match bloggers competition and, thanks to my coffee-based recipes, I won the first prize: tickets to Wimbledon and a trip to Turin! I had never been to Turin, so I was very excited about finally visiting...

After four months of living in Frankfurt on and off, I am finally sharing a long overdue blog post about this city. I admit, at first I didn't find enough inspiration in thi city to write about its culinary traditions. I spent a lot of time eating...

If you have followed my blog for sometime, you would know that I am a big fan of Young and Foodish pop-up events, having been to (and blogged about) quite a few already. Last Saturday, I attended Tea Saturday with Nigella Lawson and as usual I had a great...

Did you know that I am training for the Royal Parks half marathon? That's right, Sandy is not the only runner of the couple (though I wouldn't dare running a marathon as he did in Rome in March)! I am also raising money in support of the charity Mind*....

"Feast, London's most exciting and daring food experience" - with such an introduction, I had great expectations about the street food event that took place in London last weekend. Following on the footsteps of The Long Table, which animated a car park...

My obsession with beetroot continues! I first tried this vegetable one year ago: I was bored of the usual salad combinations and wanted to experiment with new ingredients. So I bought the cooked beetroot vacuum pack from Tesco and entered the world of...

Brockley Market in south-east London is a little market that resembles a village farmers market. It takes only 8 minutes by train from London Bridge, but as you step down at St John's station you will feel like you are miles away from the big city! A...

It's crazy how big Valentine's Day has become. All I see around me today is chocolate, hearts and red flowers! Greedy marketing operations aside, I like the idea of having one day in the year where you are reminded to be romantic. We shouldn't feel obliged...