Breville Bijou barista masterclass & product review
Conquer the mysteries of latte art and make the perfect coffee at home with the Breville Bijou Espresso machine. Pastabites road tests it on a sunny day in London.
A toddler’s party – the big 3 and some food stories
Toddler party planning: something I had never imagined I’d be doing. This is a post that is a little bit random, but a few people told me I should share the ‘facts’ so here I am, more for my own personal musing that anything else. A birthday 3 years. Not much in the life of an adult, but in the life of a toddler, it feels like a major milestone. As such milestone was approaching for my not so little…
Po Valley tasting journey with Francesco Mazzei and Grana Padano
Yes, yes I should know how to make pasta – but you can always learn more and when the person showing you the ropes is renowned chef Francesco Mazzei, then you know you’re in for a treat. I had already attended a really cool masterclass with him last year at his Islington outpost Radici – the lovely folks at Grana Padano were kind enough to ask me to join this year’s session too, which I very gladly did. This year’s…
Cocktail Masterclass at Hello Darling
Easy cocktail recipes
Guittard chocolate 150th anniversary celebration
Last year we had had the pleasure of ‘meeting’ San Francisco based chocolate producer Guittard at pre Christmas event in Shoreditch (we’ve written about it here). They are one of the few remaining family run chocolate producers in the US, and have a long history: in the mid 1800s, Etienne Guittard ventured from Tournus, France to the Barbary Coast in hopes of striking it rich during the California Gold Rush. He brought delicious chocolate from his uncle’s factory to trade…