S’mores Cupcakes Recipe
As I’m not an American, who as I imagine the clichés, grew up on going to summer camps and songs around campfires, I haven’t tried an s’mores first hand. However, growing up with American TV and films, vaguely aware of…
A Weekend of Eating Around San Sebastian, Spain – Travel
Summer holidays! Time to get away with great friends, explore an area whilst eating your way through local delights and sampling the local tipples. And that’s exactly what I did last week, boarded a sleazy-jet plane to the sunny shores of…

I eat. I travel. I blog. I repeat.
Working as a Food Technologist, through my blog I take my love for all things food through to my travels to discover new cultures, recipe development in my kitchen and sharing restaurant reviews.
Exploring Amsterdam, Netherlands For The Weekend – Travel
Amsterdam, not most people’s first choice when it comes to a mother/daughter get away. But that’s exactly what I did. For a long weekend, after a hard week at work, me and mama FoodNerd were off on a girlie trip.…
Homemade Gherkins Recipe
To quote a close family member, fellow blogger and amazing friend, ‘you like to make weird stuff, not the usual foodie things.’ I kind of agree but think if I did make just the usual things all the time, I wouldn’t half the Food…
Homemade Lemon Curd Recipe
My copy of Nigella Lawson’s Domestic Goddess cookery book is wrecked. It’s not from a lack of care or love but due to being a source of great baking wisdom and recipes that work time after time. One of my…
Homemade Nutella Chocolate Spread Recipe
Pinterest. The new social media for people aspiring to cook better, have glossier hair and to find funny pictures of cats in bread. For people who haven’t tried it out yet, it is a site that acts as a huge…
The Cowshed, Bristol – Review
I realised the last couple of posts have been very sweet orientated and needed to rectify this. After all there Being new to Bristol, I had to do my research and ask around my work friends and the consensus place for a…
A Weekend in Bruges, Belgium & Chocolate Brownies Recipe
This might sound a bit big-headed but I’d like to think that I’m unique and don’t always follow the trend to some degree. But when it comes to loving chocolate, I’m a sheep. Since a young age, chocolate was amazing! Any form…
Sticky Toffee Pudding Cupcakes Recipe
Okay, confession time. I have a lot of cookery books, okay not a lot, a hell of a lot. It’s an obsession and I need help. Hello, I’m FoodNerd and I have a cookery book problem. Especially lots of little…
Homemade Pastrami Recipe
After recently visiting New York for the second time I thought I would give making homemade pastrami a go. We went to Carnegie Hall Deli the home to the most amazing pastrami on rye sandwiches. You have the option to…