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WONDERFUL WHITES // italy is known for its indulgent reds, but have you tried their fruit-filled white wines?
Are you guilty of overlooking Italian white wines?
- November 17, 2020
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HOW TO PICK A GOOD ITALIAN WINE // & impress your friends at the same time
Find your perfect match with Independent Wine
- October 4, 2020
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DINING DELIGHTS // our favourite ‘eat-at-home’ restaurant recipes
Still can’t get to your favourite restaurant? Replicate their most delicious dishes at home instead!
- July 6, 2020
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HIGH TEA AT HOME // our fancy lockdown lunch
With cafés and restaurants still closed for sit-down meals, I had to get creative
- June 25, 2020
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BELLISIMO GUILT-FREE TREATS // authentic italian food delivered to your door
Noberasco BioBreak organic fruit cereal bars are the perfect tasty and nutritious midday snack
- December 18, 2019
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TANTALISING THAI // our delicious return to giggling squid
There aren’t many restaurants I’d return to again and again, but Giggling Squid is one of the few exceptions
- September 13, 2019
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DELISH SOUTH-EAST ASIAN DISHES // suum vietnamese kitchen review
Read about our delish south-east Asian lunch at SUUM Vietnamese Kitchen
- August 12, 2019
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WIN! THE QUICK ROASTING TIN COOK BOOK // worth £16.99!
75 delicious dishes that take just 10 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes or less to cook – all in a single roasting tin!
- May 10, 2019
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FANCY CAKES & DAUGHTER DATES // the laura ashley tea room, burnham beeches
A delightful day out with my eldest daughter
- January 30, 2019
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AUTHENTIC ITALIAN SPICES // ciao gusto, from ocado
A genuine taste of Italy, straight to our tables
- November 15, 2018
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DELICIOUS JAPANESE DISHES // sampling the kids’ menu at yo!
We were invited to visit Yo! to enjoy their ‘Kids Eat Free’ summer offer.
- August 23, 2018
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About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ freelance journalist & lifestyle blogger.
I’ve been a magazine features writer for over 20 years, and in 2009 became one of the UK’s original ‘Mummy Bloggers’.
I’m proud mum to two funny & spirited girls; born summer 2008 and autumn 2010, and we all live just outside London with OH and our youngest baby – a miniature dachshund, named Frankie.