72 hours in Florence
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:48+00:00Florence - a bit of a nightmare really and here was villa San Michele. We chose to do a 3 day Florence trip in October thinking we were going to beat the maddening crowds,
A name synonymous with Venice
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:48+00:00Venice has for many years been a favourite wedding and honeymoon destination. Not surprising really. It is romantic and breezy and beautiful. Altogether stunning, especially if there are no tourists. If there are
Singapore Street Food
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:48+00:00Most hidden gems on the street in the city are simple places with plastic cutlery, crockery, chopsticks, tables and chairs. None are air conditioned, some are in alley ways and some owners won’t speak much
More than just a green cauliflower
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:48+00:00Although George Bush openly proclaimed his hatred of this vegetable, I personally think it has a lot to offer. But then, it hasn’t been shoved down my throat from childhood, so I really can’t attack
Good cooking starts with a good knife!
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:48+00:00If you open any foreign cookery book, you will find reams written on, “the right pan for this and the correct knife for that”. Like the store cupboard, you will end up with drawers full
10 Wine tips worth knowing
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:49+00:00Wine is becoming increasingly trendy and increasingly popular the world over. In countries like France and Italy, wine is as much part of the culture as good food. It is talked about and drunk with
10 International travel tips worth keeping
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:49+00:00Travelling can often be a charmless, tiring ordeal. Despite new airports being swanky, state of the art places, they are still for many people, scary, daunting areas full of queues and instructions and expensive shops.
A cooking pot for life!
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:49+00:00To my total amazement, I find that more and more young people are getting into the kitchen and the older generation is looking for easy solutions and substitutes. I salute this. Youngies (ie younger than
10 Things you must do in Cochin
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:49+00:001. Ayurvedic treatments: are dodgy and massage is only a small part of them. I have in the past experienced a 2 week horror story at Ayurvedshala in Kottakal and a fantastic couple
The Bombay Canteen
Karen Anand2022-01-27T11:27:49+00:00Eating out today is as much about the experience as the food. For some reason we find comfort in the familiar, both in terms of food and surroundings. The relatively newly opened Bombay