Monthly Archives:

February 2012

  • Recipes

    Banana and Peanut Butter Muffins

    I can’t believe I have already reached recipe n. 7 of my Food for Runners series! Last month, I set myself the challenge of trying a new recipe a week for 10 weeks to…

    26/02/2012
  • Coffee

    Department of Coffee and Social Affairs

    Venturing out in Clerkenwell during my lunch break some months ago, I discovered Leather Lane, home to a week-day clothes’ market as well as eateries and cafés that are always busy with the local…

    24/02/2012
  • Travel

    Brockley Market

    Brockley Market in south-east London is a little market that resembles a village farmers market. It takes only 8 minutes by train from London Bridge, but as you step down at St John’s station…

    22/02/2012
  • Recipes

    Asparagus and Prawn Stir-fry

    This week’s “Food for Runners” recipe is a stir-fry of asparagus and prawn served with Basmati rice, adapted from Runners World magazine. Prawns are low in fat, high in protein, and rammed full of…

    19/02/2012
  • Restaurants

    La Gelatiera

    On a sunny day last September, a new ice-cream shop and café opened near Covent Garden in London, called La Gelatiera. As a launch promotion, they were giving out free ice-cream so of course…

    16/02/2012
  • Recipes

    Orange & Chocolate Cupcakes

    It’s crazy how big Valentine’s Day has become. All I see around me today is chocolate, hearts and red flowers! Greedy marketing operations aside, I like the idea of having one day in the…

    14/02/2012