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Australian foodie and writer decides to settle in London, after years of culinary journeys, real and imagined. With camera and notebook in hand, she records what she finds.
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Kitty
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LONDON FOOD ESSENTIALS BLOG
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Weekend Inspiration
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WEEKEND INSPIRATION | FOXCROFT & GINGER (EC1)
When it comes to our favourite haunts in EC2, we normally prefer the walk from Liverpool Street to the overheard "mind the gap" at Old Street Station. So imagine our surprise, when we alighted on Saturday to discover not only cruffins at Foxcroft & Ginger but a distinctively revamped tube station.
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The Last Five Years
Last Five Years
Regents Park
Pure Honey
The Colony
Limes
In Bloom
The Park
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 01.03.2015: Regents Park Honey. Just like a true Londoner, the city's bees like to keep it local. Just ask the colony at Regents Park. Kept by Pure Honey’s Toby Mason, they have been producing some of London's finest for the last five years. This is a honey that changes with the seasons: you might detect elderflowers and limes during one season and roses, the next. It's rare for the bees to venture beyond the park, so what you taste is what has been in bloom.
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London Postcard
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Students Day
London Places
Gourmet Coffee
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The Staff
LONDON POSTCARD | TALKHOUSE COFFEE  (W11)
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 23.02.2015: A relative newcomer to W11, Talkhouse Coffee is all that a good cafe should be. It offers a small but excellent selection of coffee. The staff are passionate, knowledgable and award-winning baristas, and there's a tempting selection of morsels to entice but not detract from the main event - the coffee.
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Damson Jam
Hosting Brunch
Perfect Brunch
Creme Fraiche
Food Diary
Smoked Salmon
LONDON FOOD ESSENTIALS BLOG
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 19.10.2014: A perfect brunch hosted by Craved and Black Isle Bakery providing the ideal showcase for Ruth Barry's delectable buns - mushroom and tarragon (conjuring the earthiness of the forest) and smoked salmon with creme fraiche. Ally Pally from Wildes Cheese, Spalactic and Bermondsey Hard Pressed from Kappacasein with a serve of Brickhouse sourdough proved the perfect starter with Damson Jam by England Preserves.
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Community Market
Artisan Breads
Sunday Market
Organic Meat
Seasonal Fruit
Fruit And Vegetables
LONDON FOOD ESSENTIALS BLOG
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 25.102.14: SUNDAY MORNNG MARKET. This weekend's inspiration is in support of Chatsworth's Road local Rushmore Primary School market. It's a great community market with a great local spirit where you can find some great buys among the bric-a-brac stores as well as seasonal fruit and vegetables, organic meat, fish, homemade cakes, and artisan breads. We hope that we'll see the return of this Sunday market very soon.
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Quirky Aesthetic
Brick Lane
This Weekend
LONDON FOOD ESSENTIALS BLOG
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 02.11.2014: We have long been fans of the quirky aesthetic of James Ward but a return visit to his studio just off Brick Lane this weekend reminded us of just how fabulous these plates are. Our favourite - this delightfully urbane bear with a gourmand appetite. Jimbobart, 24 Cheshire St E2 6EH.
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Cheese Toasties
Islington London
Chutney
LONDON FOOD ESSENTIALS BLOG
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 08.11.2014: We were delighted to discover Pistachio & Pickle Dairy - a store specialising in British artisan and world cheeses in Islington's Camden Passage this weekend. This is the perfect store - quaint, offering only a select offering of seasonal cheeses as well as pickles and chutneys, breads and biscuits including the truly moreish cheese toasties as pictured above.
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Tea Boutique
Tea Culture
Tea Maker
Tea Tasting
I Cup
My Cup Of Tea
LONDON FOOD ESSENTIALS BLOG
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 15.11.2014: In Soho's new Ham Yard precinct is My Cup of Tea, a tea boutique specialising in exquisitely crafted teas and tisanes. Offering a very contemporary celebration of tea culture, its selection of teas, interior design and refined modern aesthetic is simply inviting.
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Essen
Food Styling
Dill Buns
Its Nice That
Food Photography Styling
Still Life Art
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Food Magazine
Still Life Photography
MY LONDON: RUTH BARRY, BLACK ISLE BAKERY “Follow the road to the top of the hill, pass the tree house and the gorse bushes bumbling with bees. Keep the honeysuckle to your left" is the lyrical poetry that Ruth Barry uses to describe her Black Isle Bakery. Recalling the beauty and serenity of her early rural life, her bakes are based on “modern recipes mindful of original and season” that capture the seasons and the beauty of working with simple ingredients.
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Anniversary Ideas
Amazing Food Photography
Purple Cabbage
Prop Styling
Red Cabbage
Photo Styling
MY LONDON: RUTH BARRY, BLACK ISLE BAKERY In the far-reaches of the Highlands of Scotland is the peninsula known as the Black Isle, famed for its folklore and breathtaking beauty. Ruth Barry talks about the fusion of art and baking and her homage to the Black Isle with bakes that celebrate a very modern simplicity.
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Seasonal Blues
Baby It's Cold Outside
It's Cold Outside
Cold Outside
The Promise
LONDON FOOD ESSENTIALS BLOG
WEEKEND INSPIRATION 23.11.2014: Ohhh, baby it's cold outside and the best antidote for the seasonal blues is hot chocolate. So the promise of Sea Salt hot chocolate was too good to resist when I recently visited Paxton Chocolate, off Brick Lane.
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Eggs And Bread
Jacob's Ladder
Small Farm
Best Food
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Meat
My London: Jayne Duveen of Jacob's Ladder Farms
MY LONDON INTERVIEW: JACOB'S LADDER FARMS