This is part of my Summer Reads 2018 series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Read is for Francophiles who dream of up and moving to France à la Peter Mayle. This is Mayle’s final work, published after his death in January 2018 is the and is pretty […]
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Eating my Way through Italy
This is part of my Summer Reads 2018 series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. When you think “Italian food” what comes to mind? Probably pizza, pasta, gelato, truffles, olive oil, cannoli – the list goes on and on. But do you know the origins of all these foods and dishes […]
Books about the Camino de Santiago
This is part of my Summer Reads 2018 series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Many of you know that I’m in the middle of walking the Camino de Santiago (one stage a year from 2016 until 2020!) and as well as the more general questions I get asked (I wrote […]
Everyday Adventures: 50 new ways to experience your hometown
This is part of my Summer Reads 2018 series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Need a holiday but can’t get away this summer? I’ve got the perfect book for you this week! Are you like me and tend to be much better travelled in cities and countries other than the […]
A Taste of Prince Edward County
This is part of my Summer Reads 2018 series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. Ontario’s Prince Edward County is what you would call an “it” destination these days (hey, Vogue said so!) so writer Chris Johns and photographer Johnny C.Y. Lam ‘s A Taste of Prince Edward County: A Guide […]
Alone Time: Four seasons, four cities and the pleasures of solitude
This is part of my Summer Reads 2018 series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. As soon as I saw Stephanie Rosenbloom‘s Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities and the Pleasures of Solitude described as a “wise, passionate account of the pleasures of traveling solo” I knew I must have it on […]
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