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Italian Cheese Week (15th – 22nd June) launch dinner at Manitoba Tigella

Italian Cheese Week (15th – 22nd June) launch dinner at Manitoba Tigella

Cheese… Italian cheese How could I resist an invite to the launch dinner for Italian Cheese Week? The event was held last week at Manitoba Tigella , a recently opened tigella restaurant in a slightly odd, liminal location between the British Museum and the destroyed Tottenham Court road crossing. I discovered tigella a couple of years ago during a weekend visit to Bologna; the are small discs of white bread, cut in half and traditionally filled with cheese and cold…

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Parmigiano Reggiano and Aceto Balsamico Lunch at Petersham Nurseries

Parmigiano Reggiano and Aceto Balsamico Lunch at Petersham Nurseries

The perfect Italian pair Pastabites occasionally receives invitations to events, and often these events are really special: one such occasion was a lunch held in the beautiful, lush settings of Petersham Nurseries in Richmond, a place I’d always wanted to visit but never managed to. The fact that the lunch was sponsored by Parmigiano Reggiano and Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena  and was going to be cooked not only by resident chef Damian Clisby but also by Michelin star italian…

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Who is a Culinary Genius?*

Who is a Culinary Genius?*

Fern Britton presents the competitive cookery series Culinary Genius. After two challenges the nine contestants are whittled down to three, who face the cook-off. A few months ago I was sent a press release to publish on this blog, in case it might have been of interest to my readers. Being a bit bored at the time, having started my maternity leave but not having had the baby yet, for some reason that right now I cannot imagine, I decided…

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Chang Sensory Trails World Tour 2017

Chang Sensory Trails World Tour 2017

A Thai food experience inspired by chef memories, is starting its 2017 world tour in London A culinary adventure, curated by renowned chef couple Chef ‘Bo’ Songvisava and Chef Dylan Jones, is taking place at Old Spitalfields Market on the 29th April I love South East Asia… the people, the diving, the cultures and of course, the food. Thailand is a wonderful country with a major food heritage and the first country I ever visited outside of Italy back in…

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Piccolo Christmas meal at Diciannove, Blackfriars

Piccolo Christmas meal at Diciannove, Blackfriars

***this restaurant has since closed down*** The  season to be jolly is once again looming and most restaurants are gearing up for Christmas and Festive menus all around us. Pastabites was invited to taste one such menu, offered by Italian restaurant Diciannove which sits within the Crowne Plaza hotel in BlackFriars. A surprise for me was that, despite riding past this corner of London every single weekday, I had no idea there was a hotel, let alone an Italian restaurant! Diciannove…

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