History of Candlelight
From Roman to Romance...
Candlelight and the candle is simplicity itself; a portable light with the fuel already built in. Capillary action draws the wax up through the absorbent fibrous wick, as the…
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Cosi Tabellini UK Launch Giveaway Week 4
Cocktail Shaker and a pair of Martini Glasses
Cosi Tabellini Launch Giveaway: Grand Prize. Simply enter your email address for your chance to win the grand prize from COSI TABELLINI UK. The prize is a stunning handcrafted…
Cosi Tabellini UK Launch Giveaway Week 3
Convivio Coffee Mugs
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Cosi Tabellini UK Launch Giveaway Week 2
Francia Pewter & Glass Jam and Honey Pots
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Cosi Tabellini UK Launch Giveaway Week 1
Sirmione Pewter & Crystal Double Rocks Glasses
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Tuscan Roast Chicken
True Italian Rustic Comfort.
A roast chicken meal has to be up there in the all-time food-favourites for most people, usurping the regal roast beef to the legendary lunch status. Tender tasty white breast…
Decanting: not just for Sommeliers
A beginners guide to the ancient art of decanting with carafes.
A wine carafe upon a table conjures up the notion that wine-drinking is taken seriously, and may even be seen to be a little pretentious or old-fashioned by some….
Ingredient Spotlight: Italian Olives
A love affair with nature’s beautiful beads.
Quintessentially Italian, olives, to the non-Mediterranean among us, can often start off as quite quirky flavours that one has to become accustomed to, but once swayed, forever smitten… well…
Art Nouveau
Cosi Tabellini Art Nouveau-style
Art Nouveau – “New Art” – emerged around 1890 and lasted until the outbreak of the First World War, completely transforming decorative arts during this period with its distinctive…
Franciacorta – splendid sparkling wine
Courting the celebrity of Champagne…
Both Virgil & Pliny the Elder mentioned wines from the Franciacorta region in ancient times, so the area north west of Brescia up to the Southern shore of Lake…