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Urvashi Roe

On My Travels: Falling In Love With Verona

12th February 2017 By Urvashi Roe

When you Google ‘city of love’ you’d expect Verona to be high up there on the list. It’s not. It’s not even on the list. Truth be told it was never really on my list until last summer and even then, it only made my first point of call because I have always wanted to […]

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Sake and Salmon Sushi at Sake No Hana

27th November 2016 By Urvashi Roe

Sushi Salmon Usuzukuri with Truffle

When I lived in Japan I didn’t eat fish and so I missed out on sushi. I kick myself now. I could have had four years of the best sushi in the world but at the time I was too afraid of ‘fishy’ fish like salmon and stuck to the safe vegetarian options and cooked […]

Filed Under: Restaurants Tagged With: london, norwegian seafood, sake, sake no hana restaurant, salmon, sushi

On My Travels : An Unexpected Pit Stop in Colmar, France

20th November 2016 By Urvashi Roe

colmar,

Every other year we have a driving holiday. It’s a little compromise I have with my husband who cannot bear to fly. This summer it was a whirlwind drive from Calais, via Eurotunnel, to Strasbourg to Lucerne to Verona to Venice to Milan to Engelberg to Calais and then home. In just over a week! The […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: alsace, colmar, france, riesling, sauerkraut

Autumnal Squash And Broad Bean Salad

12th November 2016 By Urvashi Roe

winter squash, broadbean and feta salad

Have you noticed how many varieties of pumpkin and squash there are nowadays? Perhaps it’s because I’ve only recently started to like eating them but I find that every market – even my local – has at least four or five to choose from. I have tried growing squash on the allotment but other than one […]

Filed Under: Salads Tagged With: feta, Pip, pumpkin, winter squash

On My Travels: Camp Bestival 2016

14th August 2016 By Urvashi Roe

Last year was the very first year I went to a festival. I don’t know how I have got to the age of 46 without having experienced this most British of summertime activities. We chose Camp Bestival. We had heard nothing but good things so literally the day before we booked, loaded up the car […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: camp bestival, feast collective, festival, summer

Overnight Oats With A Dash Of Wellness Ranting

7th August 2016 By Urvashi Roe

I have been observing the wellness dialogue from afar. It’s really interesting to see how many instagram streams there are in this area.  Vibrant, plant based food. Mainly vegan or vegetarian. It all looks delicious. It’s always pretty but it’s never enough is it? This is my biggest annoyance about ‘wellness’ foods. The portion sizes in all these […]

Filed Under: Breakfast Tagged With: overnight oats, porridge

Bastille Day Recipes From London’s Bankside

14th July 2016 By Urvashi Roe

Once upon a time I lived in Aix-en-Provence. I was living in halls of residence. It was my third year at university. I was away from my parents and there was much hair to be letting down so I went to every party there was. Don’t get me wrong. I was still a complete and utter swot […]

Filed Under: Soup Tagged With: bastille day, cheese, france, French cuisine, onion

Peas, Peas, Peas Please!

11th July 2016 By Urvashi Roe

I’ve been living in a work bubble over the last few weeks but today is a rare day off and I’ve been enjoying some cooking time alone in my kitchen.  No children’s chitter chatter. No husband playing loud music. Just me and my pots and pans. Blissful. I have just made myself an enormous bowl […]

Filed Under: Light Bites, Pasta Tagged With: peas

The First and Last of My Rhubarb

2nd July 2016 By Urvashi Roe

It has not been a good year for the allotment. It’s really strange how we’ve had no luck and no time. Usually one or the other motivates us to go but it’s been hard to get excited when everything we’ve planted gets eaten or dies. The slugs have just taken over this year with the […]

Filed Under: Light Bites, Salads Tagged With: Allotment, rhubarb, Salad

Chives – A Perfect Midsummer Ingredient

26th June 2016 By Urvashi Roe

It’s the end of a weekend of midsummer celebrations in Sweden.  I think they have the right idea. Decorating the village, house and of course dining table with lots of fresh flowers and grazing on festive food with friends and family is my idea of wonderfulness. And the food must of incorporate herring. It’s an […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: chives, hygge, midsummer

Review: Froothie Optimum P200 Dehydrator

17th June 2016 By Urvashi Roe

As a child I remember my grandmother ask after the weather forecast.  London is pretty unpredictable but we did have some scorching summers when I was little. There were no iPhone apps so I would show her the newspaper.  She’d nod and then get to work making poppadums. My job was to carefully go and […]

Filed Under: Products Tagged With: Dehydrator, Dried fruit, froothie

A refreshing Gujarati streetfood salad – Mango Chaat

25th May 2016 By Urvashi Roe

It’s mango season! Last week I bought a box of 12 Kesar mangoes for £10. So expensive! My mother will wait until boxes hit £5 but I’m too greedy and can barely contain myself walking from vendor to vendor on Ealing Road in Wembley.  I bought two boxes because we ate one in the car. […]

Filed Under: Light Bites, Salads Tagged With: food, fruit, Gujarati, Mango

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