Home or Away
By Yasmin Sholgami
Green pans
Nowadays, cooking and eating have become so much more than fulfilling a primal need. We are aware of what we eat and cooking has become really ‘hot’.Green pans are now making non-stick pans that allow you to prepare great dishes. All the products look great: premium materials in a clever design. But most of all: GreenPan performs!
Thermolon is a better heat conductor than traditional coatings. This results in superb searing and crispy frying! The excellent heat distribution also allows even cooking, which makes the food brown beautifully. It allows you to mostly cook on low to medium temperatures. Healthy cooking is not only about the foods you use: it is also about the right cookware.
Delice
Inspired by Mediterranean masters with global taste , Délice offers an exquisite range of world-class confectionery and designs inspired by nature. Délice creates marvels of modern baking by drawing upon time-honored traditions handed down through generations of connoisseurs.Combining the finest ingredients sourced from around the world with culinary expertise, chefs at Délice pay homage to the fine craft of sweet making. Each sweet is a masterpiece presented in a tempting style to give you a unique sensual experience.
Oates&co
Sylvia and Jane, two friends who share a passion for making their homes beautiful are both equally frustrated at how difficult it was to find gorgeous, unique but affordable home ware and so decided to set up Oates & Co. They spent time and love putting together a collection of beautiful, unusual and useful home accessories and gifts, much of which would be hard to find anywhere else.
The most precious gingerbread house ever
Luxury launches website VeryFirstTo.com offered the worlds most expensive gingerbread house, adorned with 150 AAAA grade South Sea Pearls and a 5 carat unheated Mozambique Ruby set with the icing. The house, perfect for Christmas, will be totally bespoke and created in the likeness of your own home.
The exceptional house is crafted using the finest ingredients including organic ginger, Ceylon Cinnamon, Duchy organic eggs and suma raw cane sugar.
The delectable dwelling was created by Cordon Bleu trained Georgia Green the owner of Georgias cakes. Her exceptional culinary creations frequently attract attention. She recently enjoyed global exposure for her stunning cake in the shape of a jacket commissioned to celebrate the launch of Cara Delevigne’s collection for DKNY.
Lunch by Petersham Nurseries cafe
Petersham Nurseries, a local garden centre was carved out of the Petersham House grounds in the 1970s. At the turn of the century, the business was bought by Gael and Franceso Bogliane who have lived in the adjoining Petersham House since 1997. After extensive restoration works, the nurseries, re-opened in 2004 completely transformed. For the first time, furniture, gifts, and antiques were found among the plants which adorned the greenhouses. In the summer of 2004, Gael and Francesco decided to open a casual and charming restaurant, Petersham Nurseries Cafe, alongside a teahouse serving homemade cakes and ethically sourced whole leaf teas and coffee.
Nested amongst the meadows along the side of the Thames just outside Richmond. Having celebrated their 10th anniversary this year, the Boglione family recently secured the talents of the new head chef, Damian Clisby.