Coffee talk with Nespresso

Nespresso never ends to amaze me. Every single coffee creation is carefully orchestrated with precision and great energy.  Karsten Ranitzsch, Alexis Rodriguez are Head of Coffee and Head of Coffee Development at Nespresso respectively and…

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France: cooking, eating and drinking in Aquitaine

Le Chevrefeuille Cookery School We were set on discovering the beautiful region of Aquitaine, a territory, which is home to five different departments, including Lot ET Garonne, Landes, Dordogne, Gironde and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. As we enjoyed…

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Loire Valley Wines: Muscadet Magic

It’s Saturday 4.30 a.m. in South London and the mobile phone rings. It’s our driver waiting to take us to our next adventure to the not so glamorous, but extremely fascinating and historic Billingsgate market,…

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Häagen-Dazs: coffee ice cream roulade recipe

coffee ice cream roulade I was asked to come up with a recipe using or complementing Häagen-Dazs new coffee flavour ice cream. That’s is a tall order,  since their ice creams are already so tasty…

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Book review: Nikkei food by Luiz Hara

I’ve read many  ’10 best cookbooks that every cook should have on their shelves,’ and everyone has different books on their must-have list.  I think just by the nature of the subject — Nikkei food…

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