Her first cookbook, A Table in Venice, is coming out this spring.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Growing up in Hong Kong, I would meet my best friends and we would often order this dish (especially the one at the Clipper Lounge at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, do they still serve it? We are hosting two photography workshops next spring, one in Napoli and one in Paris – they will be a truly special experience. Coarse sea-salt and freshly ground black pepper. So that we can all keep in touch. 50 g/ 1/4 cup granulated sugar And to think.

Anna Kocharian. My husband, Oddur, likes to joke that it’s just the Champagne and while a little (or a lot of) bubbly never hurts we both know that’s not it. Simple as that.

Roses are like that. Yes, freezer because contrary to some wise guy sommeliers who’d love to serve the Champagne almost luke warm so it can properly “express itself” I fervently believe that Champagne should be served ice-cold. A dear woman made me an artichoke in Bronze. In another snap she revealed she had paid a visit to her home in Brittany, writing: 'Soaking up Brittany's sunshine at the tourist destination of Mont-Saint-Michel. Set aside. They live across the great river Shannon in county Clare but had come across for a few days to help out with Imen and Cliodhna’s workshop. Why Bake Off? This food blog is one of the most popular food blogs on Instagram! I have been thinking about it for a while now, because people sometimes ask me, what is my message, what am I trying to do, to achieve? Her Instagram is full of monochromatic vistas interspersed with luscious pops of colorful food. Ms Lagreve is one of 12 amateur bakers vying for this year's title. The evening ended with a “professional” game of Charades, led of course by Dominic but by then I was safely tucked away in that four-poster bed, sleeping soundly with baby Lucian while the others moved on to Irish whiskey. One of my favorite things they made was a crab salad served on a fresh endive – I might add that recipe to this post later on – but for now, here is their recipe for the traditional Irish soda bread that I couldn’t get enough of during my stay at Glin castle. Cheers, Ma'am! We’ll start in Rome and work our way up through 5 regions until we’ll end up in Piemonte (of course) where we’ll have a farewell dinner (that we’ll cook together ) in our Turin apartment. It’s been a dream of ours to do something like this in Paris (where Oddur and I lived together for 7 years and I even longer before that) and now everything is falling into place We love Paris in early Summer, all the great seasonal produce and such optimism in the air before things start winding down in July and everyone heads for their holidays. Rub both the inside and outside of the chicken really well with coarse salt to ‘exfoliate’ the skin on the chicken. Click here to follow my playlist on Spotify, it’s called Mimi’s Christmas. I have also discovered that people take very different things back home with them. It astonishes me every time how much you can learn about another person during 3 days of culinary adventures. Joyeux Noël!

How they would like to entertain once back home. Piemonte is the land of fresh pasta, big meats, hazelnuts and has one of the best organic farmers market on the planet. It’s a gut feeling – literally. 1/2 tsp fine salt Very much a replica of the “Summer wine workshop” but with a different tone as we’re in another season. Only thing is though, the shades are more like a million. But with so many enticing cheese pulls and colorful breakfast bowls out there, figuring out which accounts to follow can be overwhelming. Karen is looking to 'have some fun', Mother knows best: Imelda learned to bake from her Irish mother, Paul Bollywood?