How is it April already? I'm not complaining, of course, since I've got so many exciting plans for April. The first week has already been pretty great. As well as the usual foodie outings that often pepper my weeks (blog posts to come!), I was lucky enough to go to Dawn O'Porter's book signing, which was super fun. The world is reminding me constantly at the moment how much I love reading - and I've been getting stuck into some of my favourites in the last few weeks. As well as that I've been practicing potential recipes for my upcoming supper club (watch this space!), going for a morning run (what?!) and wearing more breton stripes than is strictly necessary. How about you?
- My life will not be complete until I make these Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting and these Tiny Strawberry Scones. Or until I'm best friends with Joy the Baker, obvs.
- If you're looking for some fabulous new food blogs to follow, look no further than the Saveur food blog awards shortlist (and vote whilst you're there!
- Forever wanting to eat this three bean chilli from the Smitten Kitchen.
- What makes good food good? And bad food bad?
- One of my favourite bloggers, Elise, has started a podcast. It's, unsurprisingly, brilliant. If you like motivation, inspiration, blog talk and business advice, this is the one for you!
- Some thoughts on smiling in photos - I'm going to have a rethink about photos in which I'm smiling from now on!
- Emma invited me to Nord at Baltzersens in Harrogate a couple of weeks ago. It was incredible - I'm still dreaming about that salmon - and you should definitely head over there if you're in the neighbourhood.
- Coral is my favourite lip colour, so I'm definitely going to be raiding this list of the best ones!
- Are you worried that you're boring?
- I can't say I've ever thought of Poland as a holiday destination, but it may be time to rethink...