“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
My Jambalaya has changed a lot over the years. It used to be very much the standard 'trinity' Jambalaya. The 'trinity' being onion, celery and bell peppers. I also didn't use much spices but relied mainly on the chili, thyme and hot sauce. The biggest change to my recipe came after I visited New Orleans. …
The June FairyLoot theme was 'Rebels in Ballgowns'. The loot: 'Corvere' Candle by Geeky Clean inspired by Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. I still have not read this series. I have two copies of Nevernight and two copies of Godsgrave and I know I'm going to like them but I'm doing that thing where I'm 'saving' …
How fitting that my first recipe post is a cocktail. 😀 I love to make cocktails and I will usually make one or two over a weekend. With summer comes the Margaritas and the Aperol Spritz and after our trip to Amalfi the Amalfi Spritz has been added to the rotation. Made with Limoncello instead …
This was our luxury day. We slept in, ate late and spent the day in a beach club spa. We ate in Libeccio which was a fabulous little mother and son enterprise. It was a wonderful way to spend our last day in Italy. All in all we absolutely loved the south of Italy. We …
This should have been another relaxing day and I had promised that it would be but I couldn't help myself. I knew we would regret it if we didn't so we went to Capri for the day and it was a wonderful trip. We got the boat from Manori to Amalfi and then took a …
Our fourth day was a recovery day. We needed it. We spent the day on the beach and had our first glass of Prosecco at 11am. I got proper stuck into my book The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee and had little naps. We also had lunch on the beach and a fair …
This was the big day. Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius was what this trip was all about. Both have been on my bucket list since I learned about Pompeii in school and they really did not disappoint. Pompeii was as crazy busy as you would expect but very manageable. Our guide told us it was relatively …
