Food

Zoosh up your cookie collection with these delicious filled treats

Parlez-vous franҫais? Well, apart from many of us not being able to speak the language of love, few of us know the delicate art to making delicious home-made croissants, the perfect puff pastry, creamy crème pâtissière, and what about a melt-in-the-mouth pastel Parisian macaron?

To get you into the festive mood we’ve collated a selection of our favourite Christmas recipes. Enjoy!

Our modern-day pizza pie owes its beginnings to the introduction of tomatoes into Italian cuisine during the 18th century. Although the plush tomato was first considered to be poisonous and only planted for decoration, peasants in Naples soon started using the fragrant fruit to flavour their yeast-based flatbreads, which soon became a Naples staple in many homes – thus changing the face of Italian cuisine.

“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream”… a childhood favourite, the perfect dessert or a naughty indulgence, ice-cream is by far one of the world’s best loved treats.

With the increased debate on healthy school lunches and eating a balanced meal at all times, preparing a lunch for you and your family can become quite a challenge day after day.