A meal at Timmy Green, Victoria

A meal at Timmy Green, Victoria

Once upon a time London was full of beautiful buildings… Now it’s just anonymous, glass clad, ugly high rise, oddly shaped horrors… surrouding some sad, lonely left over buildings, staunch witness to the city’s glorious past. This is happening pretty much everywhere, from the City to Paddington (oh the old post office, site of the amazing Drowned Man…), from Blackfriars (who remembers Imbibe and the upside down house?) to Borough (let’s not even think about this one).Victoria is one of…

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Supercharged flapjack for new mums

Supercharged flapjack for new mums

Life is changing… So something major happened to Pastabites recently, enough to completely turn life upside down… and that was giving birth to a baby boy. Trying to adjust is hard, and routine of any kind is out of the window. For a while yet, I can forget dining out, events, masterclasses… yet I have a lot of new skills to learn, including something I was personally completely against like breast feeding. I am not even going to begin discussing…

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Press release – Gordon Ramsay’s Culinary Genius

Press release – Gordon Ramsay’s Culinary Genius

A new cookery TV show is coming to our screens I received a communication which I am happy to share on this blog as it is regarding one chef I have liked for a while, the mighty Gordon Ramsay. Paradoxically I have not eaten food cooked by himself but I have met him a couple of times, and both times he was the most charming and friendly person and really took his time to chat to us. He’s soon to…

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Delicious Arancini with sweet red pepper & smoked scamorza

Delicious Arancini with sweet red pepper & smoked scamorza

The best arancini recipe around As I come from Napoli, one of the ‘street food’ items that I most love is arancini, rice balls. We call them arancini in Napoli, in other parts of Italy they change gender and become arancine, and have different versions. From the massive rice balls eaten in Sicily, full to the brim with mince meat ragu and peas (the best in my childhood memory used to be on the ferry between mainland and the island,…

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A meal at Macellaio RC, Southwark

A meal at Macellaio RC, Southwark

A few months ago I came across news on another new opening not far from where we live. An Italian restaurant, with butcher and bakery, under the railway arches by Union Street. We were unable to book during the soft opening at 50% off but we visited soon after… and have already become regulars! Needless to say we really like Macellaio RC. We make all the dry ageing process in house, reaching between six and nine weeks of dry ageing…

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