SMOKY FLAVOURS: Chestnuts & Lapsang Tea with Gluten-Free Cake

The good thing about the New Year so far is that my skin is beautifully hydrated! This is thanks to the fact that I spent the Christmas holidays in the UK countryside where it rained almost solidly for two or three weeks. Despite the weather it was a wonderful trip…. but it was definitely very,…… Continue reading SMOKY FLAVOURS: Chestnuts & Lapsang Tea with Gluten-Free Cake

AN ITALIAN FESTIVE ‘STRUDEL’ in Assisi – the ‘City of Saints’

We couldn’t have arrived at a more perfect time. The setting sun was throwing it’s last rays on Assisi’s medieval walls and majestic Basilica, gently painting each stone a shimmering, dusky rose and transforming the whole town into a glowing beacon of warmth and peace …. one could almost feel a divine presence standing there…… Continue reading AN ITALIAN FESTIVE ‘STRUDEL’ in Assisi – the ‘City of Saints’