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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
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!
HIGH TEA AT HOME // our fancy lockdown lunch
With cafés and restaurants still closed for sit-down meals, I had to get creative
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
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
DELISH SOUTH-EAST ASIAN DISHES // suum vietnamese kitchen review
Read about our delish south-east Asian lunch at SUUM Vietnamese Kitchen
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!
5 THINGS TO MAKE WITH YOUR LEFTOVER EASTER EGGS
Don’t waste your uneaten Easter eggs – turn them into something delicious!
FANCY CAKES & DAUGHTER DATES // the laura ashley tea room, burnham beeches
A delightful day out with my eldest daughter
DELICIOUS JAPANESE DISHES // sampling the kids’ menu at yo!
We were invited to visit Yo! to enjoy their ‘Kids Eat Free’ summer offer.
SWEET OASIS // mummy me-time & afternoon tea at the ivy marlow garden
A deliciously indulgent afternoon tea at The Ivy Marlow Garden
DELECTABLE BREKKIE // reviewing the andrew james volcano waffle maker
Big Sis and I make thick, fluffy waffles, drizzled with maple syrup and topped with fresh fruit.
AL FRESCO AFTERNOON DELIGHTS // our perfect picnic picks
Picnic essentials – make the most of summer by going al fresco!
About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ journalist, blogger and mum to two funny & spirited girls; Big Sis, born summer 2008, and Lil Sis, born autumn 2010.
We live just outside London and are about to embark on a big, messy, long-awaited home renovation.
I was a magazine journalist for 20 years, but since 2009 I’ve been a full-time blogger and digital influencer (over 21,000+ Twitter followers, 5,000+ Facebook likes, 3,500+ G+ circles, 3,000 Instagram and 2,400+ Pinterest followers).
Read more on my ABOUT ME page.
You can get in touch with me via email: [email protected], or by Tweeting me at @JaxFortyNorth.
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