I hate being late but always I am. That’s why I run all the time… not to be late. People often tell me that it’s not fair because I have a very good appetite, I work with food and I am a size 8. I don’t really agree with that, I am definitely a size […]

Brick Lane, an East London street, runs from the northern part of Bethnal Green, passes through Spitalfields and linked to Whitechapel High Street is the heart of the Bengalis community. Successive waves of immigrants, in the 17th century, French weavers were based on Spitalfields so it became the area for weaving, tailoring and clothing industry. […]

Rhubarb looks like celery a bit, but pink…cuter. Originally from North Asia known as a medicinal plant, the rhubarb has been introduced in Europe by Marco Polo. Considered as a vegetable we consume the stalk only as the leaves are toxic. Raw, cooked, with salt or sugar to palliate its acidity. It’s commonly cooked for […]

One of my manager used to call me Alice, simply because according to him, I follow rabbits in their holes a bit too often… Well, ok, maybe… The thing is that I have always been a fan of Alice in Wonderland so when I heard about ‘Calloh Callay’ in Shoreditch and the fact that we […]

There are some places like ‘Buen Ayre’ which deserve to be named. Nested on the pretty Broadway market in Hackney, people who haven’t tried this restaurant yet, you definitely should. Argentinian meat cooked ‘parrilada’ way, Argentinian chef, welcoming and still smiling staff after I harassed them with questions. Unpretentious, small and always full. Empanadas to […]