Now that the summer is nearly over and the kids are going back to school, there might be some things that you want to do with your time, like getting inspiration for cooking good things. Or maybe you just want to be the student and do a cookery course. Or you might just want to have [...]
Below is a schedule of some fun cookery classes that will take place during the summer (Just click on the links below for information):
9th July 11.00 – 13.00. £40 . Tomatoes. At Divertimenti in Brompton Road.
Nothing heralds summer quite like juicy ripe tomatoes. Join Sofia
Craxton as she shows you just how versatile this fruit/vegetable can
be. [...]
To avoid this, try soaking and rinsing dried beans before cooking them. Beans contain sugars which create havoc in our intestines. If you soak dried beans overnight and then drain the water and rinse very well, the troublesome sugars go in the water and voila, there you have it, no embarrasing scenes afterwards!
Also remember never to [...]
I hope you are well and looking forward to a well deserved break! The reason I am writing this time is to tell you about my upcoming classes here, there and everywhere. I will be demonstrating and teaching at the following: Books for cooks 21st Feb, 20th March, 9th May and 20th June www.booksforcooks.com for [...]
There is a new place where to learn cooking in Kent! It is called Stack House Kitchen and it is run by Sue Penwarden. I will be doing a couple of seasonal classes to get you ready for the Christmas season:
Secrets of a Caterer's Kitchen. We will be cooking some festive foods but also [...]
This post is not about me trying to sell you something -of course I could benefit a lot if you bought a present from me, but with all indicators that we are in recession and that we must watch the pennies, it makes sense to think twice about what do we give as Christmas [...]
Last September I went to Arte Culinaria to do our joint cookery course where we would compare Mexican and Italian cooking styles. To talk about Mexican versus Italian is a very general thing, because both countries have strong regional ties which makes it impossible to compare cuisines in one week. In spite of this, we [...]
Looking for a holiday with a difference? Want to learn how to cook Italian and/or Mexican food? Want to do it in style? Read on… this might be of interest:
Fiestasofia and Arte Culinaria (www.arteculinaria.it) are launching a new 1 week cookery course which is due to take place in September in Italy…
The idea of this [...]
21st June,mid-summer and it feels like spring! Not only the weather but life itself seems like spring… by this I mean that life is going so quickly that it is difficult to catch up with things and I feel like 3 months behind with things!
2008 seems to be a year full of activity and [...]