Month: December 2010

Msmarmitelover’s undergound Christmas market

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Msmarmitelover is hosting her own Christmas underground market on Sunday and I can’t wait. I like to set myself a challenge every once in a while and I have to say that this has been the biggest one to date. I decided to take a stall to sell my Christmas food creations – so I started my baking on Monday and I’m now half way through. After a long day in the office, I’ve been retreating to the kitchen until the wee hours of the following morning, baking, decorating and testing (of course!) For your pleasure, I’ll be selling a wide range of goodies including: (more pics to come as they are baked!) Gingerbread Christmas Tree decorations Gingerbread Houses Pfeffernusse Chocolate Bark Peppermint Cream coins Peanut Butter Christmas Rocky Road Rose Petal Shortbread Apple Bundt Cake Mince Pies White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookies Chilli Jam Spiced Cabbage We will also be selling a range of home made Christmas cards, which my boyfriend Jack Hemingway has designed. You can buy your tickets here for £5 and …

Clarence Court eggs three ways

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There’s something magical about Hix, Soho. Maybe it’s the open dining room with high ceilings, the countless pieces of fabulous art or the snuggly bar in the basement. Whatever it is, I feel special every time I walk through the huge wooden door on Brewer Street. I haven’t been fortunate enough to eat in the restaurant yet (I really should get round to that) but I was lucky enough to be invited to an event in the private dining room by the lovely people at Clarence Court. The event, for bloggers, was an attempt to show us just how fantastic Clarence Court’s fabulous eggs are. After all, according to their motto, Clarence Court produces fabulous eggs from fabulous birds and if the recent adverts are anything to go by, I truly believe them. I wonder how they got their feathers so ruffled!? We had a surprise visit by Mark Hix himself who plonked himself down and explained a few of the reasons that he uses the eggs in his restaurants. We were then treated to …