Cooking, Travel & Eating Out on a Grain-Free, Gluten-Free & Refined Sugar-Free Diet
Dan and I love everything Italian – the food, the wine, the culture and especially the little seaside towns. Until now I’d never been to Siciliy so we decided to take a trip to the island and chose Cefalù as our destination. Cefalù (pronounced chef-a-loo) …
Wedding over, we were off on our mini-moon and the destination was Borghetto sul Mincio in Northern Italy. Italy is such a special place for Dan and I. He took me on a tour of Puglia for my birthday a few years back and we …
Spending our mini-moon in the town of Borghetto sul Mincio in North Italy was such an idyllic trip. And being less than 10km from Lake Garda we went there practically every day. The first few days we hired bikes or took the public buses or …
Dan and I were off to Italy again! We had been invited by the Puglia Tourist Board who promised to show us a whole host of things to do in the Salento Region. (Puglia is the southernmost part of Italy or the ‘heel of the …
Cicchetti Covent Garden was the destination for dinner tonight. We’d been invited to review their menu and we were very excited. I’d checked it out online at lunch and had been starving ever since! Everything sounded so so appealing. The concept at Cicchetti Covent Garden …
This weekend we were back in Puglia! We’d been invited to celebrate the festival of Tavole di San Giuseppe (St Joseph’s Tables). We were guests of the Mayor of Minervino di Lecce and he was excited to show us the traditions that they celebrate. The …
This weekend Dan and I were in Puglia to celebrate the festival of the Tavole di San Giuseppe. ‘The table of St Joseph.’ We’ve been to Puglia before but never to the Salento region (the very South part). We were lucky enough to be staying …
PerBacco (meaning Oh Wow! in Italian) is a relatively new Italian restaurant on the Fulham Rd in Parsons Green. It’s only been open for about 3 months but already it has had some fantastic reviews on Trip Advisor. Chef Stefano is in the process of …
So I bet you could see this coming a mile off…this week I’ve made bolognese sauce and béchamel sauce…which obviously come together best in a lasagne! It’s one of those foods that I miss, and to be honest, I’ve never cooked before, mainly because I …
To read more about my Italy Trip see blog posts A Day in Talamone, A Weekend In Siena, Brunello Wine Tasting in Montalcino Our final stop on our tour of Tuscany was the beachside town of Viareggio, just outside of Pisa. We chose Viareggio as …
To read more about this trip visit my posts on Talamone, Viareggio and Montalcino! After a day in Talamone we headed for a weekend in Siena, our base for the next few days – as it was the venue for my friend’s wedding. We drove an hour and …
To read more see A Day in Talamone, A Weekend in Siena and a Trip to Viareggio Well, we couldn’t very well go to Tuscany and not go on a wine tasting day could we? Dan and I have a special love for Brunello (it’s the …