Caroline gives the thumbs-up to the freebies and the spotless white shirts at Jamie’s… Like most people I do love a freebie and have always been impressed by the little treats on […]
Jamie’s Italian: A “pukka” chain worth shouting about!
Easy meatballs recipe: how to achieve Italian perfection in your own kitchen!
Last Friday evening, I took Kyle on in a particularly fierce game of table tennis. Midway through the ping-pong war, we decided to raise the stakes by putting something on the outcome […]
Cheap, cheerful, and colourful: Pea and tarragon risotto
Charlotte blogs about one of her favourite dishes to eat. I love risotto. In fact, it’s one of my favourite things to order when we eat out, but in the past I’ve […]
Xanthe Clay’s crab linguine recipe
Today’s blog comes from Caroline, who has been hankering after a nice easy seafood recipe and stumbled upon this: A few weeks ago we had dinner at Jamie’s Italian in Islington. I’m […]
Ecco Pizzeria: A taste of Neapolitan pizza and gelato in Headingley!
Leeds is a city of many, many Italian restaurants and I seem to have eaten at a fair few of them, yet until now, I had never been to Ecco Pizzeria in […]
Casa Mia: Fewer restaurants, more reach?
When I first got to know Leeds, the city seemed to be full of Casa Mia restaurants. Things were clearly changing when the one just off Millennium Square closed down and now […]
A late Christmas Prezzent!
Leeds is a city blessed with some truly fantastic independent Italian restaurants. So, when we plumped recently for a trip to a mainstream Italian restaurant chain, it felt a little disloyal! That […]
Viva – An independent taste in the heart of Leeds
I am rather a keen fan of Italian cooking, as reviews of both Salvos and Divino may testify. However, these excellent restaurants are both a touch further out of town than many […]
Divino: A divine choice of Italian restaurant in Leeds!
Today I wanted to write a blog about my favourite Italian in Leeds: Divino. It happens to be a nice coincidence that we live about two minutes by car away from Divino, […]
A pasta masterclass
Have you ever been to a food masterclass and been let down? I know I have. On this instance though the use of the word masterclass was actually an accurate statement and […]