SEE! EUROPE - A TUSCAN INTERLUDE

MEMORIES & MEANDERINGS
Part One with Leslie Back

Tuscany that teases and tantalizes and where the language of Dante, Machiavelli and Boccaccio is still alive, Leslie Back reminisces.. 

SEE! EUROPE - MONTREUX

MEMORIES & MEANDERINGS
Part Two with Leslie Back

Pristine, ordered and beautiful, and of course everything working like clock-work in true Swiss fashion. We had entered another world and another culture. 

SEE! EUROPE - RETOUR À PARIS

MEMORIES & MEANDERINGS 
Part Three with Leslie Back

We were in Paris. This city that draws us back again and again. How we love it and how very quickly it envelops us in its magic. 

SEE! LET THE WORLD BE YOUR OYSTER

By Leslie Back

"Only another oyster would find an oyster beautiful," wrote Dr R. Hedeen in his definitive book on oysters. But to the true aficionado oysters are a thing of beauty. Savour the sheer delight of a succulent oyster feeling it slip, like silk, down your throat - bliss! 

‘OH TO BE IN ENGLAND’  Part One 

By Leslie Back

"We adore England, says Leslie Back reminiscing."The elegance and eccentricity of the English, their wit and their whimsy. We were overjoyed to be back in this ‘green and pleasant land’." 

‘OH TO BE IN ENGLAND!’  Part Two

By Leslie Back

Blenheim Palace is the home of the Dukes of Marlborough and the birthplace of Winston Churchill, 30 November 1874. The great country houses of England were such ‘power houses’ of the British Empire. We love the history!

BUTTER OR MARGARINE?
THAT IS THE QUESTION

By Leslie Back

Both have their passionate admirers and equally their detractors, there are those that have simply opted for olive oil and others who think that having neither is the answer. 

CHEESE TO CHERISH

With Leslie Back

The allure of cheese knows no boundaries. Whether dense, robust, strong and down to earth, creamy, delicate as a breeze, richly delicious or patrician and elegant. Cheese is a heavenly food to be cosseted, debated and deeply appreciated for the marvel it is and the intense pleasure it gives.

VIENNA - PART ONE

By Leslie Back

Leslie Back guides Showcook through this fabulous city of music where even the horses dance. "Vienna for three whole days, so much to do in so short a time. Where to begin?"  

VIENNA - PART TWO

By Leslie Back

Just the mention of Vienna speaks volumes about a city that evokes the spirit of composers Mozart to Mahler. The city where even the horses dance!