THE SPAGHETTI ALLA NORMA

I am Italian and I absolutely always avoid to going to Italian restaurants while travelling abroad. With great pleasure, this rule has been infringed only for the outstanding Jamie Oliver.
Eating at Jamie's Italian is like flipping through the pages of his “Jamie’s Italy” book: you can taste all the flavours he has cleverly assimilated during his tour around the peninsula.
If you would need it, the elegant decor makes it is all the more pleasant, with that “British” taste that makes Jamie Oliver uniquely trendy.
Buon appetito!

Jamie's Italian Restaurants: www.jamieoliver.com/italian
Jamie's Italy Book: www.amazon.com

KAFFIR LIME FRESH LEAVES

I will start with one of my favourite spots, The Spice Shop in London.
It is a very small shop I discovered by chance walking around a corner in Portobello Road during the Saturday market. Here you will really find all spices of the World.
Walls are covered from top to bottom by yellow packages, bags and tin cans with a red logo, all neatly stowed by type.
The funniest thing to do at The Spice Shop is to review all spices and mixtures wondering why you don’t know most of them, to choose the ones that appeal the most to you and go back home with the cheerful feeling that even your simplest dishes will never be the same again.

The Spice Shop - 1 Blenheim Crescent, W11 2EE London, UK
www.thespiceshop.com