Roti Love: An Addiction to Thai Desserts Thai food is famous around the world for its spicy zest, rich aromas and crunchy ingredients. There’s no doubt about it that for me, one of the highlights of living in the Land of Smiles is the grub I’m treated to every day and the volume I can […]
Delicious Pizza at Home – PIZZA DOUGH
Pizza stones and parchment paper If you’ve been following the blog for any length of time, you know how much we love pizza. When we owned our deli we would eat home made pizza every Friday. We’ve taught many how to make a great pizza at home and people still ask us for instructions which […]
Honest Food Tales – Married With Luggage
This is the first installment of our new series, Honest Food Tales, where writers, bloggers, travelers and chefs share their stories about food. If you have a story and would like to share, check out our guidelines page. Treated To Mongolian Fare We stood outside the family ger and watched the evening ritual as the […]
Must-Try Foods on Your Spanish Holiday
Food and memory Some people who haven’t been to Spain may have a preconceived notion of what Spanish food is, but there is such a gastronomic variety throughout the country that it would be helpful to have a few must-try dishes. Food and memory are strongly linked, so be sure to sample these dishes during your […]
4 Things To Do In Cologne Germany
Your Own Personal Brew House Crawl Cologne is the place for Kölsch. In fact there are over 20 different types of Kölsch brewed in Cologne. With that many beers, served in 0.21cl stanges, you could literally end up crawling back to your hotel room. Try some of our favourites: – Brauhaus Sünner im Walfisch, Salzgasse […]
Hungry for Budapest
Budapest It was with mixed emotions that we boarded the Wizz Air flight to Budapest, Hungary from our beloved Italy. A month had flown by and there are still many untold stories for future posts. An hour and a half out of Milan and we were in Budapest, searching for our shuttle driver, in a […]
Reverse Wedding Crash
Borgo Garibaldi Tucked away in our quiet apartment in Borgo Garibaldi. We were quite relaxed and comfortable. The owner mentioned to us that the agriturismo that runs the palazzo next door also has a restaurant, only open on the weekends. “You should make a reservation”, she said, “but I think they are catering a wedding […]
The Best Bakery in Italy – Forno F. Casali
Lucca Lucca is a lovely little-walled city about an hour and a half drive from Florence. We were lucky to have visited frequently last year when we were based only ten minutes away in Massarosa. This trip we were based in Barga for the week, with Lucca just over a half hour away, and even […]