***this restaurant has since closed down*** I have never been to India, and I do not know that much about the country either, although I have eaten Indian food plenty of time of course, often also making home made curries following Anjum Anand‘s recipes (which I find perfect for home cooking). One of India’s regions (and a large one with a long heritage behind too) is Andhra Pradesh, which is on the south east coastal side of the Indian subcontinent. Reading…
No mystery here that one of my favourite chefs is Danilo Cortellini, head chef at the Italian Embassy in London, whom I have had the chance to meet on a few occasions and whom I admire not only for his cooking skills (I learned to make arancini from him!) but also for his drive and passion as an ambassador himself of our culinary heritage and ingredients. An evening with the Ambassador… The other night we had the pleasure and the…
Tea & me I love tea, and I drink at least a cup each day, but despite having a cupboard full of loose leaf blends of many variety (from Mauritian vanilla black tea to the White Duke from Bellocq, from dried garden mint leaves to Twinings patent Lady Grey) I am quite boring when it comes to brewing and follow tradition, picking my favourite Earl Grey 99% of the times. Beautiful, properly brewed big cups of tea that are paired…
Book event at Pulia Pulia London hosted the UK presentation of Italian marketing handbook Marketing del Gusto by food marketing experts Slawka G. Scarso and Luciana Squadrilli. While the book is in Italian, the topics covered are of interest to a wider, international audience and Pulia provided the perfect setting for a gathering of industry experts, bloggers, marketeers and food lovers. Marketing for the food industry Around 30 people gathered to hear from the authors on why using such a…
Blink and you’ll miss it! Indeed, I had to ask a friend to explain where O’ver was, as even driving past each afternoon, I had not even noticed this new, bright and a little anonymous pizzeria that opened less than two months ago on Southwark Street. Combining the very best regional ingredients with traditional recipes, ‘O ver is the first restaurant in the UK to use the unique ingredient of Pure Sea Water. Living near Waterloo, pizza and ice cream is…