Well the last supper club in October, was a secret 40th birthday supper. Organised by her friends, she was collected from her home, blindfolded, driven around in circles until she had totally lost her bearings …. To arrive at the Royal Oak, were her friends were waiting with streamers, and Dolly singing ‘9 to 5’! I think she was happy! These ladies ...

First, I must say what a sad month with the news of our dear Queen. What a wonderful human being she was as well as being our Queen. She will be sadly missed, but Charles is going to continue in her footsteps, so we must celebrate her long life and send our good wishes to the King.

This summer, Abbi has been enjoying the delights of Florence ...

August news!

Well it has been a hot one! As we have been away, there have been no supper clubs this month. However, Nonna’s Kitchen did a wonderful Italian lunch in a beautiful English garden. The photo attached looks like it could be in Italy!

Abbi is still away, tasting the delights in both Tuscany (Florence) and at this moment, ...

Ciao for now!

Just to let you know we will be away until the end of August. However, we will still be searching for new dishes for the supper club. We are both in France next week, then Abbi is off to Tuscany and Puglia, then we will be in Burgundy for the last week in August.

Our first supper club is 10 September (which is full) ...

Here is a photo of me with the famous Nonna Marcella! I have spoken about her in my early Blogs - my inspiration to cooking Italian food! I have been to stay with her and her husband Matteo in Castiglione della Pescaia, on the coast in Tuscany near the town of Grosseto. What a wonderful few days, learning new recipes from Marcella. Of course ...

I cannot believe it is now June! We have had some wonderful suppers and wonderful guests! Thank you all coming. I am off to Italy next week, just a short visit to friends in the Maremma! And to meet up with the amazing Nonna Marcella, who I hope will give me some new ideas for the supper club.

We have the next Supper Club on 9 July which ...

Nonna’s Update

We have just returned from a wonderful holiday in Mauritius, and straight into Supper Club mode …. As you can see from the last one, bringing with us some new ideas for our evenings. Introducing the rum and pear, which is an Italian digestive!

We are full now for May and will be setting dates for later this year, when ...

Hello to everyone, and thank all of you who joined us this month for Nonna's suppers. We are now looking to May for the next ones, please watch for dates. In the meantime, I thought you might be interested in the origin of tiramisù.

The restaurant Beccherie in Treviso claims they were the first to offer this dessert in 1970.

I never ...