Cooking, Travel & Eating Out on a Grain-Free, Gluten-Free & Refined Sugar-Free Diet
Dan and I have been together 3 years! Doesn’t time fly! But how to mark our anniversary? A special event like that deserves a special restaurant so I was thrilled when the team at Roast Restaurant invited us there to try their menu. It would …
We caught the train from Bordeaux to Arcachon, an hour-long journey that cost about €30 for a one way trip, and arrived at Arcachon Train Station. Arcachon is a seaside town on the West Coast of France, almost directly west of Bordeaux. It looks out …
As part of our recent trip to Bordeaux, I was invited by the Bordeaux Tourist Board to go on one of their many wine tasting tours around the region. We decided on an afternoon tour of the Médoc region including Wine Tasting in Margaux and …
Arriving in Bordeaux to gorgeous sunshine we were all smiles for the first stop on our road trip tour of Western France and Northern Spain. With our love of wine, Bordeaux was the obvious first stop! We only had 24 hours in Bordeaux so we …
Why do a Wine Course? Wine is one of my greatest passions. It’s delicious, decadent and one of life’s simple pleasures. It has the ability to bring people together, it has huge historical importance and to me it is one of the most enjoyable ways …
Recently I was lucky enough to be invited along to an Oyster Masterclass at Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill, Piccadilly, London. The Oyster Masterclass gives you the opportunity to learn all about oysters, shuck them, pair them with wines, and of course eat plenty of them …
Madrid is such a gastronomic city with a huge tradition of cooking and eating, and the Madrilenos really know how to enjoy their food. The best restaurants in Madrid that I have visited are the authentic Spanish ones with long histories attached to them. They’ve …
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 …
To read more check out my posts on Cadaques and hiking in Cap de Creus National Park. Tonight in Cadaques, Dan & I decided to go out on our own as all the others were eating in, so true to form, we picked the local …
Last night was the inaugural Great Northern Pub Wine Tasting & Food Pairing Evening. We arrived at the pub to be welcomed with a glass of champagne and shown a list of the seven wines we were going to get a chance to taste that …
You can read about other Great Northern Experiences at Great Northern Dinner, Great Northern Wine tasting & Food Pairing Evening, Great Northern Beer Festival Tonight I’d been summoned to the Great Northern Pub for a wine-tasting session for the new menu and dinner afterwards. The …
For Valentine’s Day this year I’d bought Dan and I a ‘Grand Gourmet’ Tour Voucher for a visit and tasting experience at the Bolney Wine Estate in Sussex which has been producing wine since 1972. We both have a huge love of wine and have done the …