Don’t let the winter stop you from planning a holiday to Helsinki! The vibrant, cool and young capital of Finland has a lot to offer to visitors all year round. After spending a week…

A really easy halva and pistachio cookie recipe that is great for everyday baking or any special occasion. The cookies are thick with golden brown edges and a gooey centre of melted halva and…

Spain is one of those country I could travel to over and over again, and never get tired of it. From Madrid to Marbella, from Rioja to Jerez, from Formentera to Bilbao and the…

The region of Puglia offers a truly authentic and unique experience of Italy: full of culture, good food, rugged coastlines, and magical caves. Puglia makes up the heel of the boot that is the…

Have you ever tasted a ‘snickerdoodle’?  Snickerdoodles are cinnamon-sugar-coated soft cookies and are very popular in the United States. They are not so well known over here in UK and Europe, but perhaps it’s…

This month I finally re-visited one of my favourite European cities: Prague. As I returned to Prague for the first time in 17 years, I was keen to explore not only the tourist sights,…