The Monday Piece - Terra Terra Festive Menu

This week's Monday Piece is on Terra Terra festive menu! In the heart of North London, Terra Terra prepares for their first Christmas with the launch of their decadent Italian Festive Feast. The three course menu is designed to be shared, and has been created to celebrate the essence of Italian cooking; centred around the tradition of connecting people over heart-warming food.

Spearheaded by award-winning Head Chef Massimo Mioli, the Italian led team has reinvented the rustic offerings of their homeland’s festivities and Christmas recipes with a touch of contemporary flare at 120 Finchley Road. Guests can expect to be met with the welcome of spirited family conversations, loud laughter and generous portions of satisfying food and drink at the comfortable eatery.

Terra Terra’s culinary principle to use only the best organic ingredients from trusted suppliers who share the same passion for quality, continues as Mioli has sourced the very best of local produce for dishes. Served family style to share, a selection of antipasti including crispy arancine served with bolognese and peas and polenta, wild mushrooms and asiago cheese are temptations to indulge in before relishing a main choice of lamb shoulder.

No Italian feast would be complete without traditional tiramisu and a serving of grappa, before guests are invited to continue the festivities at the bar, where they can sip on specially created seasonal cocktails; a warming Mount Gay XO and blackberry, ‘Terra Delight’, and a sparkling ‘Symphonia’ made with Prosecco, Belvedere vodka and Chambord liqueur, alongside other signature drinks.

Set across two floors with a capacity of 80 guests, Terra Terra is the perfect venue for Christmas parties and large groups in the bustling hub of Swiss Cottage.

Menu priced at £35pp, and available from 18 November 2019 for parties of four or more. To book visit www.terraterra.co.uk :).

120 Finchley Rd, London NW3 5JB

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The Monday Piece - Rijeka Food Diary

This week's Monday Piece is on Rijeka food diary! Having a long weekend in Rijeka during the summer was a great choice for a mini break, we had a great time and ate so much delicious food. The food is like a fusion between Italian and Eastern European so you can expect lots of rice and pasta, mushrooms and steak, iced coffee and pizza! Be ready to get hungry with the snaps below... It was also mega cheap and great for gluten free/vegetarian/vegan :).
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The Monday Piece - The Commandery Museum Worcester

This week's Monday Piece is on the Commandery Museum Worcester! During half term a few of the history cohort met up for a historical day at the Commandery Museum in Worcester followed by decent British food at the King Charles pub just down the road. If you're interested in the English Civil War or medieval architecture it's definitely worth a visit, Worcester has a huge link to the English Civil War and the site was used at a HQ for Charles II and the battle of Worcester. You get given a map so it's easy enough to guide yourself round, there's lots of different periods of history to explore, not just the civil war - I particularly like the medieval games that can be played!
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The Monday Piece - The Pagan Oak Tree, Malvern Hills

This week's Monday Piece is on the Pagan Oak Tree, Malvern hills! At the weekend we met with my mum and stepdad for a walk along Raggedstone Hill on the Malverns. Nick and I pretty much live in the hills so we're always eager to find a new fresh walk. My mum had been telling us about the magical Pagan Oak tree for so long, so we were definitely ready to explore it ourselves. The tree itself has an enormous history...

The White Leafed Oak stands on the edge of a hollow.  It is adorned with all sorts of paraphernalia such as Tibetan Prayer Flags, glass beads and jewelry in the belief that this tree has symbolic meaning to Druids. The hamlet of White Leafed Oak is equidistant to the cathedrals of Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester. According to various websites other ancient Druid sites such as Stonehenge appear to be aligned in some magical manner to the White Leafed Oak! The supernatural influence of the White Leafed Oak has not gone unnoticed. Phil Rickman, a local author with his successful fictional female priest and exorcist Merrily Watkins has based plots around the White Leafed Oak and other sites in and around the Malverns for his novels. The map reference for the White Leafed Oak tree is SO 7550 3624.

My mum takes the 2000 year old tree a gift every time she goes over, so naturally we gifted her something too. Don't worry if you forget though, if you look closely you'll find a visitor's book tucked away inside one of her hollows - it's filled with all kinds of messages and poems, just pop your own into the book :).
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