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Foodies and winos

A cozy kitchen Another gorgeous American food blog – this time Adrianna’s cozy kitchen in LA.
A slice of cherry pie Fabulous foodie Julia
Babaduck Babbles Aoife (lover of France, hater of peppers, coriander and blue cheese)
Belly Rumbles Wee Jen’s new abode. Pay her a visit, won’t you…
Big Mad Cookery Dad Christian’s big bold flavours.
Borderfields Rapeseed Oil Makers of the truly amazing, nutty, gorgeous and healthy Rapeseed Oil.
Casa Costello Amazing cakes and much more from Helen
Cooking is a game you can eat Pop in and visit lovely Mags in Pembrokeshire for great cooking and animal antics.
Cornflower Kitchen Ellie’s food blog stands out because it’s just SO beautiful. One of my favourites.
Daily Spud Get your daily quota of Spudness!
Design Wine Gorgeous Italian wines send direct to the UK – lovely people and highly recommended.
Dinner du Jour Kristin’s dinner du jour – you’re invited.
Eat Yourself Skinny Amazing recipes, with reduced fat and sugar. A beautiful blog.
Eatori Tori’s fabulous mix of travel and food. I love it.
Eggs, cream and honey Heather’s beautiful new blog – bound to become a favourite
Elra's Cooking Gorgeous Indonesian and Balinese recipes from the amazing Elra
Epicute The cute food blog. Go, look and say ‘awwwwww’.
Fairy Cake Heaven Read it and drooool…
Foodie Fancies Sharon’s gorgeous food blog
Foodzilla My fellow foodie, Jane, way over in Michigan
Fuss Free Flavours Great recipes using great, ethically sourced ingredients
Fuzzytimes TopFuzz: top girl in the kitchen!
Gluttony for Beginners The Glutton, bringing you gorgeous grub from the West of Ireland
Good Mood Food Gorgeous Donal’s gorgeous recipes – and check out the fabulous photos too
Gourmelli Gorgeous gourmet food and hard to find items.
Hollow Legs Foodie reviews, travel and beautiful photos to boot. Love it.
I can has cook Aoife’s great recipes – with accompanying MP3s – clever!
Ice Cream Ireland Kieran and the gang from Murphy’s Ice Cream in Dingle
Is it just me? I love this blog – irreverent stuff about anything and everything. Enjoy!
Italian Foodies That scrumptious Italian Foodie, Lorraine
Jimmy's Farm Jimmy’s home of the Essex rare breed pig.
Just Add Eggs Ruth’s kitchen experiments
Knackered Mother's Wine Blog Mother/wino guiding you through what to drink after a long day. Brilliant!
Life’s a feast Jamie’s wonderful recipes and great foodie photos too.
Like Mam used to bake Proper Irish recipes and lots more besides.
Martha Stewart food The one and only Martha on food
Martin Dwyer Intelligent words and incredible recipes over at Martin’s
My adventures in veg Brilliant blog for all things veggie – some fab ideas!
My Daddy cooks Nick (and Archie) in the kitchen
Off the eaten track The eating adventures of the Great British Bakeoff’s Lea.
Paula's Sweet Treats Baking with lovely Paula
Pistachio and Rose Gorgeous Sam in Brighton
Quick Indian Cooking Awesome Indian food, simply explained. Brilliant.
Regina della cucina Foodie Deb’s kitchen loveliness
Some say cocoa The Irish chocolate blog: prepare to be amazed!
Soup Tuesday Dan. Not always soup, not always on a Tuesday, but always Dan.
Sprinkle bakes Beautiful cakes and desserts and awesome photography.
Teen Baker Lucy the amazing queen of teen!
Tesco real food Great for recipe ideas and inspiration
The Butcher, The Baker Love this fab foodie blog from Jules
The English Kitchen My lovely friend Marie from Canada.
The Food.ie Deirdre’s musings and travels. A must-read.
The Foodie Gift Hunter Foodie legend, the Presents Queen. Go visit.
The Green Umbrella My fabulous friend S-J – eating her way around Ireland.
The Pink Whisk Gorgeous Ruth’s lovely baking blog
Total DeliciousNess The utterly delicious Ness
Tulip's Kitchen Loads of fun, great recipes, plus some wheat-free recipes too.
Vick's Cakes Vick’s amazing cakes
We love food, it's all we eat Fab foodieness abounds within
Well Done Fillet Manuel the Masterful, the wondrous wordy waiter
Willyums Will’s amazing recipes.
Writing a cookery book Lovely Vanessa chronicles the ups and downs of writing her cookery book

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Lovely websites to visit

2 teens, a dog and me Mrs Worthington, on single life and teenage sprogs.
A Modern Mother Modern mother’s tales from the parenting front line.
A Scandinavian Sojourn I adore this blog. Classy, funny and interesting – Emma’s life in Denmark.
Ally Interiors Ally’s beautiful interiors
An egg a day A gloriously chickeny chicken blog. With food too! Heaven.
Are we nearly there yet Mummy? Lovely Laura and family losing their marbles
Baino’s Banter Baino banters down under.
Beach Tomato Style, beauty… even the best beaches.
Blissful Mum Helen’s beautiful blog full of lovely recipes and gorgeous pictures
Brighid’s Place Brighid and her girls, home on the range…
Brighton Mum – Teenage Angst Lovely Karen in Brighton
C'est La Vie Tara’s daily adventures in South Africa
Café Bébé The wondrous and gorgeous Karin at Café Bébé.
Cakes from Kim Check out Kim’s gorgeous cakes
Casapinka A fellow pinkaholic and amazing designer with a penchant for Hello Kitty. I approve.
Coastal Aussie Beautiful photos and wild animals over at lubly Aussie’s.
Coffee helps Hails’ intrepid journeys around Europe
Crumbs and pegs A new discovery for me this one: funny and intelligent.
DC de facto Tara in DC. ‘Fierce protector of one pound people’. I love that line.
Diary of a desperate Exmoor Woman Jane: mega-author, agony aunt, self-confessed ‘cynical old bag’ and wondrous Disney 7 mummy blogger.
Don’t Bug Me! Little Bug in Canada
Dulwich Divorcée Lovely Alice juggles single motherhood, her 40s and the search for true love. Oh and then there’s that whole divorce thing…
English Mum in Ireland My old blog – where it all began. Take a trip down memory lane…
Family Affairs The beautiful, glamorous (and very bendy) Lulu discusses life as a divorced mum of three
Fancy – the Julian Graves online magazine Great cooking and baking recipes and an excellent foodie ‘what’s on’ diary.
Got your hands full Linda: Mama of twins and still sane, which is quite something really.
Have a lovely time Family holidays and days out reviewed by real Mums. If you’re going away, go here first.
Honest Mum Fabulous film maker Honest Mum
I saw this Tina’s wickedly addictive photography website
Is it just me? I love this blog – irreverent stuff about anything and everything. Enjoy!
Is there a plan B? Plan B: from London lawyer to stay at home mum in Scotland.
Jo Beaufoix Wondrous JoBo: Just like Kate Moss, but not.
K8 the GR8 The wonderful K8
Kitchen Goddess Fab kitchen stuff and delivery to Ireland – what more could you want!
Knackered Mother's Wine Blog Mother/wino guiding you through what to drink after a long day. Brilliant!
Laetitia Maklouf Gorgeous gardener and author, Laetitia
Little Mummy Erica on life, parenting and trying new things.
Livi's Little Bubble Sweet, sweet Livi in her little bubble
Miss Power Writes The scrumptious Kerry Jean
Mum's gone to… Travels of a mum with a teen. But SO much more.
Mummy Tips Sian’s ups and downs
Mummy's Knee Jo’s great family blog – plenty of good food here too
My Amazon wishlist Wishlist
Non-stop Mama A fantastic glossy magazine, but on the internet!
Oh grow up now Guerilla gardening at its best
Parlez-vous moo? Nutty cow’s er… shed.
Poppy's pretty place Poppy loves gorgeous vintage stuff and beautiful homeware. Take a look.
Powder Room Perfection Pour yourself a martini and join us in the powder room for some girlie me-time
Pretty Shiny Sparkly Everything a girl needs. Just pop in and drool.
Rambling thoughts of Moon Moon’s new pad – pop over and say hi!
RE Georgeous stuff for the home
Rosie Scribble Rosie scribbles with hilarious results.
Sleep is for the weak Josie, lovely ‘porridge brained’, sleep deprived Mummy.
Sticky Fingers Tara talking mumbo jumbo over at Sticky Fingers
Tales from the Village My lovely friend Rachael, with family tales from a lovely English village
The Alice Follow life Chez Alice here. You won’t be disappointed.
The Depp Effect Jay’s house: greyhounds and..er…Johnny Depp
The Enchanted Hunters Stylish stuff to covet
The girl with the black book The gorgeous fashion girly with the little black book
The little pinch of salt Lubly Annie and her travels
The Mum Blog Lovely Liz’s new home – pop over and say hello!
The National Lottie Lottie. She’s a national treasure.
The Online Stylist Gorgeous friend and fashionista. The only fashion site you need.
The Party Times Everything you ever needed to know (and buy!) to throw the best party ever.
Totally Should Belle’s gaffe
Woman and Home Magazine Great recipes, articles, fashion and beauty. A good online read.
Working Mum on the Verge Juggling full-time job, household, daughter and hubby – Working Mum.