Posted on Jun 19, 2020

Well, four more weeks of lockdown food. I am getting so used to this, I think I have developed ‘Lockdown Syndrome’. I’m quite happy to stay indoors, do a little work, do a little cooking, wipe surfaces, even ironing! Then perhaps go into the garden for about ten minutes, but generally be very lazy. The only thing that has really changed...

Posted on May 21, 2020

My interest in food started very early. My family were Italian and my father ran a French restaurant off Piccadilly for several years, so Italian and French food were a very important part of my childhood. Both my parents loved cooking and always used the best ingredients, often shopping at Italian delicatessens in Islington and Soho. As an adult I became...

Posted on Aug 14, 2019

It has been over three years since our simplistic (binary answer) referendum on the EU and the hasty invocation of Article 50. And we are now approaching the time at end of October when we will leave the EU without a deal. We published the MY EUROPE anthology in March 2018 and many of the contributors are still involved in our ongoing discussions about the...