Jamie Oliver

Obama’s Presidential Visit to London

This week President Obama will arrive in London to attend the G-20 Summit. It’s his first visit since becoming president, although he met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown a few weeks ago in Washington. Let’s hope Obama arrives bearing gifts worthy of Continue Reading →

Bits n’ Bobs

Phew! The past fortnight has been very busy and very costly as well, (something I’ll be sharing with you in a future post) so Smitten has recently been quieter than I would like. C’est la vie.As I’m typing I can hear the spring song of a robin Continue Reading →

Blithering Twits…errr, Twittering Brits

I think I’ve finally gotten the hang of this new phenomena called Twitter and while I’m none too keen on tweeting myself, I do enjoy following the tweets of others. Some tweet all day long, seemingly every move they make, which I find a bit exhausting Continue Reading →

It’s Red Nose Day!

Today is Red Nose Day in Britain and big hearts across the nation are doing what they can for charity. I think this is a day long needed for a nation hard hit by the recession; a reason for big laughs and good cheer. Just the image of Brits everywhere donning Continue Reading →

Jamie Saves Our Bacon

As if he hasn’t been busy enough, boy wonder in the kitchen Jamie Oliver is at it again. First he tried to revamp school dinners then launched a campaign for chicken followed by an attempt to re-establish The Ministry of Food and all with some degree of success. Continue Reading →

"Lovely Jubbly" Jamie

I will begin by confessing I adore Jamie Oliver. In fact, I affectionately refer to him as “my Jamie.” For nearly a decade now I’ve been following his career thru shows on BBCA and Food Network and I was most pleased when he began doing occasional spots Continue Reading →