A Food Blog
All-Clad’s Chefs Tour – a Ravenous Reveal What? The All-Clad Celebrity Chef Tour of NY – free food and cooking demos from their big, shiny food truck! Where? I’ll be revealing the location on Friday, September 9 When? Saturday, September 10th As announced by Grub Street earlier th
Once decided that I would take a weekend break in Paris in springtime, all I could think about was the C’s. That’s right, everything delicious in this world that the French are good at: crepes, chocolate, cheese, chardonnay, champagne, croque monsieur and croissants. The C’s are generally advi
Some people might question why I took a long holiday weekend to Edinburgh in the beginning of March. It’s cold, rainy, snowy, windy and even hail-y (yes, all in one trip) but did you know Edinburgh also happens to be the second best city in the UK for restaurants? Perfect for a few days in a place
Last week on the first day of the Chinese New Year, I was invited to try the new items on the menu at Ping Pong. I love dim sum because it’s shareable amongst friends and you can get lots of little bites of everything without over-eating. And at a restaurant chain like Ping Pong, you know you’ll
The holidays are in full swing and it is a fantastic time of year filled with parties, cocktails, canapes and lots of chocolate and mince pies… and usually very little exercise. Although it is a time to be enjoyed, overdoing it with a few extra glasses of wine and the cheeky bites of chocolate in
I am the only American who works at ING MEDIA, an office of almost 20 people, so you would probably guess that Thanksgiving is a pretty lonely holiday for me – but you would be wrong. Our office has started the tradition of having a huge Thanksgiving meal catered for lunch each year, and I have
No, I'm not suggesting you stuff your face with chocolate to get through the stress of the holiday season! But if you’re like me, you have some people in your life who are impossible to shop for! You’ve got those people who have everything they need, those who are really particular about what th
Everyone has that one thing that really makes them feel as though Christmas has begun. For some, it’s the lights going on at Regent Street and maybe for others it’s seeing the first festive advert on TV, or perhaps it’s that first chocolate from your advent calendar. For me, it’s the red cup
Bar Pilar: The restaurant that changed my mind about mayonnaise. To say that I was excited to go to Valencia would be the understatement of the century. Not only does it have a humongous white beach, Valencia is the “birthplace” of paella. I was looking forward to eating seafood paella for ju
If you ever go to the Italian Riviera, from Genoa all the way over to Cinque Terra, be sure to eat the specialties of the region: pesto and focaccia bread. One of my favourites was a very simple pasta dish: pesto Genovese over spaghetti. Don’t forget, of course, about the huge pizzas – wi