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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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A meal at Il Cudega, East London

A meal at Il Cudega, East London

***this restaurant has since closed down*** A few months ago I stumbled upon a curiously named Instagram account; it sounded ‘milanese’ to me, and they had some photos of food, of course, and an empty railway arch. I started following them and became quite interested in their progress into a fully-fledged Italian deli in East London. Being a little out of the way for us, southerners, I had not managed to visit yet since their opening in September. So when…

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A meal or two at Pulia, London

A meal or two at Pulia, London

***this restaurant has since closed down*** Pulia is a newcomer to the London scene, having opened their first site outside of Italy only a few months ago in one of the capital’s main food hotspots, Borough Market. I had walked past one day with Amber and always meant to come back to try their offering. The occasion presented itself when, via Twitter, I was invited over for a sunday lunch after missing out on a bloggers’ evening while on holiday….

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A Recipe – Spiced Red Onion Marmalade

A Recipe – Spiced Red Onion Marmalade

Winter is nearly upon us, although in the last few days it has not seemed the case, the final day of October being blessed by a beautifully mild sunshine.  On a quiet weekend, I decided I wanted to do some cooking without particular reason so I baked sourdough bread, I made marshmallows to sell for charity, I attempted a poached pear in pink peppercorn inspired by Veritas and I made a sweet, intense pickled onion marmalade which will be great…

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Grana Padano Competition – the finals!

Grana Padano Competition – the finals!

After my efforts experimenting with Grana Padano and blogging two recipes as well, I was chuffed to hear Francesco Mazzei had picked me, as well as four other bloggers, to go through to the next round for the #GPTopChef competition. Not really knowing what I was letting myelft into, I accepted the invitation to join the ‘challenge’ set for Saturday 17 October in a cookery school in South West London. The day before, after lunch, we all received an email…

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