Top 8 coffee shops in Zurich Despite having been to Zurich now a number of times, I confess it is not a city I know well from a cultural or touristy perspective. In fact, I go there for work and sadly never manage to spend enough time to sight see. What I do manage to do, is search for the best coffee houses in town so that I can at least treat myself before heading into my work day which…
Living in Waterloo, every summer I see the excitement that the two weeks food festival brings to the area, with loads of local restaurants, bars and establishments taking part with a variety of events. This year the list is really packed, so sharing the press release and information below, hoping to see some of you there! The ‘Opening Act’ of Food Fortnight takes place on Thursday 27th June from 5pm to 9pm. As Glastonbury festival goers arrive in Somerset, local…
An immersive dining experience set in 1920’s New York with food by Neil Rankin We love a good immersive dining (and non dining) experience. Our favourite is possibly Gingerline (read my piece for Italian site Agrodolce) where we have been many times and each time we love it more. I am usually pretty aware of anything similar in London, but this time it was my husband that alerted me to a new event which sounded really cool: Lost Love Speakeasy,…
The up (few) and downs (many) of hosting on Airbnb For a number of reasons which I am not going to dwell on, we found ourselves managing a friend’s flat via Airbnb for a couple of months. What seemed a great idea at first, turned into a real nightmare. So much, that I have decided to write about, partly to alert anyone planning to do the same, but also partly to vent about what we’ve had to endure as ‘hosts’…
Once upon a time I used to be an advocate for Nutella, one of Italy’s most iconic food exports (not even sure it is still ‘italian’ nowadays but surely it was first produced in my home country). I stopped buying or eating it many years ago when it became obvious one of its main ingredients is the dreaded palm oil, as well as many other not so healthy ingredients (such as an enormous amount of sugar). Valid palm oil free…