I leave tomorrow for Italy, it’ll be my first proper holiday in 5 years. As you can expect I am beyond excited. We touch down in Pisa and spend some time in Florence, before heading to Tuscany for 3 days, then driving down to Rome and finally hopping on a train to Puglia for a week. All gastro areas so I intend to munch my way through and come up with a whole array of new recipes to share with you.

I did a shoot for the Christmas InStyle yesterday. It was so exciting, I was dressed up in posh frocks (very posh for me) and had my hair and make up done, then cooked up a storm. You will have to go buy it and have a look but the recipes were splendid. I’ll give you a clue though. It’s a lazy girl’s Christmas heaven.

Anyway - I have tons to do before I jet off so bye for now and speak in two weeks. xx