• Winchester
  • Chococo, Winchester, Hampshire

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    I found Chococo after looking on TripAdvisor for any chocolate shops in Winchester, where we were spending a day shopping just before Christmas and it looked like the place to go, especially for a chocolate lover like myself. Chococo was set up by husband and wife team Andy and Claire Burnet and they have been […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 06/02/2015

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     What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of sweet treats we’ve eaten this week, at home and abroad. Here’s 5 of our favourites! This week’s sweet treats (clockwise from top left): 1. Okay, this isn’t technically a sweet but, it does have the word ‘sweet’ in it, so I think that […]

  • Australia
  • Birdie Num Nums: Carlton North, Melbourne

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    I’m a big believer that it’s worth taking the trouble to travel across town to get my hand on some good food and coffee, but isn’t it nice when you can roll out of bed and take a short stroll somewhere decent? That’s one of the great things about Melbourne, good great food and coffee […]

  • West Sussex
  • The Earl of March, Lavant, West Sussex

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    We’d been invited to The Earl of March, country pub and restaurant in Lavant, West Sussex and as it was on our ‘must do’ list, how could we refuse? It is owned and run by Giles Thompson the former Executive Head Chef of The Ritz in London. It specialises in game and seafood, as it […]