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Cantina del Ponte

February 20, 2012
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Cantina del Ponte

Celebrate Woman’s Day in Style at Cantina del Ponte Last week I went to a preview of a great event which will be happening for Woman’s Day in London.  March 8th is known worldwide as International Women’s Day, but in Italy it is also as an annual excuse for a girls’ night out on...

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Looking for things to do on Valentine’s Day?

February 9, 2012
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Looking for things to do on Valentine’s Day?

Many thanks to Annalise, from TasterLab, who has written an excellent guest blog for London-Unattached with some great alternative ideas for Valentine’s Day!  Now, while you might not want to learn tango or have a romantic meal for two if you don’t have a partner right now, quite a lot of the TasterLab experiences...

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Cooking on the Box

February 8, 2012
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Cooking on the Box

I grew up in the age when TV was a relatively new luxury.  The first TV set I remember was black and white…we were allowed to watch Blue Peter, but not Magpie which my mother thought was a bad influence (it was on the ‘wrong’ side) and Magic Roundabout after tea,  before bed! Cookery...

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East Street London

February 3, 2012
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East Street London

Fresh Pan Asian Cooking at East Street, London Just off the Tottenham Court end of Oxford Street is a new restaurant called East Street.  Aiming to offer a range of pan Asian street foods to London, the menu includes Malaysian, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean dishes all at a reasonable price with a  starter sharing...

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How to Run an Online Cookery Competition

January 18, 2012
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How to Run an Online Cookery Competition

It sounds like a great idea doesn’t it?  I’ve entered a few online cookery competitions last year and won some fabulous prizes.  But I am getting increasingly frustrated at the number of entrants who seem to think it’s OK to copy a recipe and a photo from a blogger or online site and post...

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Blogger Lunch at the Ship, Wandsworth

January 17, 2012
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Blogger Lunch at the Ship, Wandsworth

What’s in a Blogging Event then? For me, finding that there were real people behind the blogs I’d been following for a while before I started my own was an unexpected bonus.  I was very lucky last year, about a month into starting my own blog, to win a place at Food Blogger Connect. ...

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Tips for Bloggers

January 15, 2012
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Kate at Kate takes 5 has started a great blogger listography, for top 5 blogging tips!  I’m quite a new blogger, so just how useful mine are remains to be seen.  But for what it’s worth   Try to meet as many bloggers in real life as soon as you can.  If you are...

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New Year Resolutions

January 4, 2012
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New Year Resolutions

Detox, Weightloss, Get Fit and other New Year Resolutions. Are you like me?  Full of good intent for the New Year?   Although this blog isn’t entirely about food, it does tend to gravitate that way…probably due to the interests of the author!  And the result is a 2kg weight gain by me in December. ...

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Christmas – Day 1

December 25, 2011
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Christmas – Day 1

It’s Christmas Day.  No one should be shopping at this point! Instead I am going to use this post to say thank -you to a few people who have really helped me this year and wish them, and everyone else I’ve met seasons greetings! There are a few bloggers who really stand out for...

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Christmas Shopping Guide – Day 3

December 23, 2011
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Christmas Shopping Guide – Day 3

So, you are buying for someone who likes cooking?  You know, most of us have something on our wishlist that we don’t have and we just haven’t got round to buying.  For me, that something was a hand mixer.  I’ve had a ‘wand’ for ages, but I wanted something that could whisk up eggs...

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