Goodness me, what made a food and drink marketer and keen amateur cook decide to write a blog?? Well I guess the answer to that is I love eating and drinking, I love trying new things and I love telling people about them. So rather than having to remember who I’ve told what to and boring friends and family with the same story if I “blog it” anybody who’s interested can read it!
I think my love of food stems back to my childhood and my mother who was Italian and a superb cook of both traditional Italian food and good old fashioned English favourites. Her apple pie was legendary and the requests for her pizza or stuffed Lasagne were eternal. It really stimulated my interest in Italian cooking and it wasn’t until the mid 90’s when I was diagnosed as a Coeliac that I turned my attention to ingredients and cooking of other cultures especially those that were more coeliac friendly. Since then my sister in law, a trained chef with her own catering business has been a real inspiration to me and a great help with educating me on some of the more complicated process’s such as making a chicken ballotine. The other big inspiration in my cooking is my friend and gluten free restaurateur Julia Zardetto who with her partner Danielli owns the famous gluten free restaurant, Bruschetta in Kingston upon Thames. Thanks to Julia for the first time since being diagnosed a coeliac I can eat gnocchi just like my Mum made.
So the purpose of this blog is to share some of the success’s and maybe some of the “kinks” from my kitchen, share information on exciting eating places and recommend beverages that I’ve enjoyed, maybe recommend kitchen products and gadgets and cookbooks I really like. Ultimately it will be a journey to reconnect with my love of cooking and eating and I hope you enjoy accompanying me on it.
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