For lovers of food and photography
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Hello! Just a quick post today to share a few photos from a Caffeine Magazine photoshoot I did last month. I was asked to photograph coffee cocktails for a feature written by Chloe (Faerietale Foodie). We gathered at Protein where Chloe, Rob (DunneFrankowski),...
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Burro e Salvia in Shoreditch is the first artisan pastificio in London, a shop where you can either buy freshly made pasta to cook at home or sit down for a lovely Italian lunch. A few weeks ago I was invited by the owner Gaia to preview the shop, learn...
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Last week I took a few days off to fly to Trieste, in the north-east of Italy, and visit my grandma who's not been feeling well lately. She is staying in a nursing home in Grado, a beach town spread along a narrow island backed by lagoons and connected...
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CUTS is a new London supperclub, a collaboration between Forza Win and The Ginger Pig that was born "from a mutual love of meat and flames". Set in a disused pickle factory in Hackney, CUTS aims to recreate the atmosphere of an Italian-style summer grigliata...
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Two weeks ago I bought an ice cream maker. It was one of those impulsive buy that are far too easy to make on Amazon. But I had to convince my husband first. "I will use it a lot!" "it's good to eat homemade ice cream as it's not loaded with sugar!" "it...
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Ever since reading a post on Love Taza about strawberry picking, I've been dreaming about visiting a PYO (Pick Your Own) farm here in England. Luckily my friends Sam and Hannah knew exactly the right place: Peterley Manor in Buckinghamshire. I planned...
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It feels like a long time ago that I met James and Thom for the first time at the launch of the Pizza Pilgrims van. But it was only 16 months ago (March 2012) that the Elliot brothers started trading at Berwick Street Market, selling "Neapolitan style"...
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More often than not, I come back to London from my weekend trips abroad in need of a good cup of coffee. We are spoilt for choice in this city, but unfortunately in most of Continental Europe the quality of coffee is still quite low. That was definitely...
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No trip to Copenhagen would be complete without a visit to Coffee Collective, a specialty coffee micro roastery with three outlets in the Danish capital. Coffee Collective is a big name among coffee lovers, all my barista friends recommended me to visit...
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While we were on holiday in Tuscany, my brother celebrated his 36th birthday. Our family tradition is to always have the same cake at our birthdays, a layered cake with light sponge biscuits dipped in coffee, custard cream and whipped cream (I used the...
