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Tamarind and Thyme
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Cooking and eating well in London without going broke
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Spare Ribs in the Oven
I came across this post on The Kitchn a couple months ago and bookmarked it for the future. How to cook ribs in one’s oven. As my flat is balconyless and gardenless, and hence barbecueless, the idea appealed. I bought two racks of spare ribs at...
Ristorante la Matricianella, Rome
I saved La Matricianella for our last dinner in Rome. Yes, the name of the restaurant does bear a striking similarity to the restaurant where we ate our first dinner in Rome but this is just coincidence! La Matricianella is located more centrally and...
Pizzeria La Montecarlo, Rome
Pizza pizza pizza! I couldn’t go to Rome and not eat proper Roman style pizza! A huge thank you to Shayma at The Spice Spoon for recommending La Montecarlo to me – there are so many pizzerias to choose from in Rome that my mind was boggli...
Campo De’ Fiori, Rome
I couldn’t miss a trip to the Campo De’ Fiori. Every morning, Mondays to Saturdays, Rome’s oldest market comes alive in the square. It was a little smaller than I expected and alongside the beautiful food stalls were also those sell...
Da Augusto, Rome
Trastevere is a charmingly picturesque area in Rome to the west of the river Tiber but still easily accessible from the city centre by foot. I was keen to try a restaurant there; when we were there at the beginning of the month, there were very few t...
Il Gelato di San Crispino, Rome
We cannot go all the way to Italy without having gelato! To maximise the number of flavours tried, we split each and every cup we ordered. The place we frequented the most was Il Gelato di San Crispino, purveyors of artisanal gelato made with top qua...

