Holiday Gift Guide: For The Londoner

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers. I experience that because I spent a twelvemonth living inward America I tin mail away properly encompass as well as empathise this holiday, inward spite of beingness British. And non because it is a vacation almost entirely focused on food. Not at all! (I proceed telling myself this!) I fifty-fifty made a Sweet Potato Pie this twelvemonth as well as everything. As Thanksgiving is a vacation where people nation what they are thankful for, I only wanted to receive got this chance to give thank yous all of you, my amazing readers from America, my abode of London as well as the balance of the the world for reading, sticking amongst me as well as supporting me. I'd live nowhere without all of you, as well as words cannot amount upwardly how grateful I am for every unmarried ane of you, every unmarried day.

The Londoner
Westfield Gift Card: £ / $, Kate Spade Earrings: £51.86 / $68, Kate Spade Striped Umbrella: £23.53 / $38, Joules Hare Keyring: £6.95, Hotel Chocolat Alternative Mince Pie: £1.95 / $4, Rubis Chocolate Wine: £13, UGG Earmuff Headphones: £80 / $85, Diptyque Pine Cone Candle: £45 / $68

For the 3rd edition of my Holiday Gift Guide this year, every bit ever, I'm focusing on The Londoner. I honey London to bits, as well as at that spot are therefore many things virtually the metropolis that acquire inward unique. However, patch I receive got seat this guide together amongst London inward mind, later spending in conclusion Christmas inward Los Angeles, some other of the worlds big metropolitan cities I've tried to brand this guide receive got a few to a greater extent than things inward it which volition conform anyone from whatever city. If yous are nevertheless looking for gift ideas recall to cheque out my guide for The Total Foodie and for The Total Bookworm, as well as remain tuned for my guide's in conclusion instalment, for gifts for The Globetrotter.

I've e'er loved Kate Spade, but since falling inward honey amongst their adorable stores inward Los Angeles, as well as therefore finding several to a greater extent than had popped upwardly to a greater extent than or less London inward my absence, they've rapidly operate a describe solid favourite of mine for anything colourful, pretty or sparkly! I mean value their jewellery would brand the ultimate gift. 

I commencement encountered Rubis Chocolate Wine at the Harvey Nichols Christmas Press Day dorsum over the Summer, as well as out of all (and past times all I hateful an awful lot!) of amazing gins as well as vodkas I tried that afternoon, funnily plenty the ane thing that stood out for me was this wine. I know chocolate vino sounds odd, but ask heed me out. This Castilian cherry-red is blended amongst chocolate inward England, as well as is fortified. Then presented inward this beautiful bottle it makes for the perfect later dinner drink. I know this because the guys at Rubis were variety plenty to mail me a bottle, as well as it has operate a describe solid favourite of mine. Something a petty sophisticated for the holidays. 

Yet some other Press Day find, Diptyque's Pine Christmas Candle. I genuinely included their Christmas Pine Tree candle inward ane of my guides in conclusion year, every bit I was pretty obsessed amongst it. I was going to give it a overstep this year, choosing to focus on my novel festive candle obsession, 'Winter' past times The White Company, but later I smelt how subtly different, as well as awesome this years offering is ane eventide a few weeks agone at their Brook Street store I only knew I had to gibe it inward over again this year. For me ane of the big smells of Christmas is the tree, therefore this would live perfect for those of yous inward the metropolis who can't acquire a existent ane every bit slowly every bit us province folk. Also this twelvemonth they receive got some slap-up pino scented tree decorations, perfect for making your mistaken tree seem real

Thanks to the guys at Xperience Days I latterly spent a Sat morning time at the Open Kitchen inward Hoxton attention a Knife Skills as well as Fish class. It was rather dissimilar from most of the cooking classes I've attended before, which receive got been relaxed eventide affairs. This was early on morning time as well as really professional person as well as serious, as well as nosotros learnt how to role as well as tending for dissimilar types of chef knifes, chop our vegetables to a professional person standard, articulation as well as debone a chicken, as well as fillet as well as debone dissimilar types of fish. While I'd already done the vegetables as well as chicken before, I learnt a lot virtually sharpening knives (I'm no longer scared to practise it without slicing my fingers off) as well as the skills I've learnt amongst the fish are invaluable; I know know what to practise when presented amongst a whole fish of almost whatever variety. I did notice it was a lot similar schoolhouse as well as I did experience rather downward when I realised how useless I nevertheless am at the whole chicken affair, but every bit I said it was genuinely useful. For people who similar their cooking to live casual or don't receive got much confidence inward the kitchen I advise yous receive got a browse through some of Xperince Day's easier nutrient experiences (they are non only London based, they receive got experiences across United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland as well as America; I was originally contacted past times the squad to review something inward Los Angeles but I never quite got to a greater extent than or less to it), but if you're looking for a gift for someone who is serious virtually their cooking as well as sharpening upwardly their skills, this course of written report would live perfect. It runs on Sat mornings, lasts for virtually ii hours, comes inward at £59 per person, as well as yous acquire to receive got your chicken as well as your fish abode amongst you. I got virtually 3 meals out of my spoils. 

How is your Christmas shopping going? As I type, I'm currently finishing off some homemade foodie Christmas gifts for friends as well as theatre unit of measurement the commencement fourth dimension I've made my ain this year, as well as it has been therefore much fun! If yous don't experience upwardly to putting together something homemade though, IFB receive got got a slap-up circular upwardly of other peoples gift guides yous genuinely must cheque out.

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