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Gaby's Bakery - Gluten Free Anzac Biscuits

Gaby's Bakery - Gluten Free Anzac Biscuits

April 25, 2023

These biscuits were originally made during WWI to send to the ANZAC troops (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) serving in Gallipoli. The ingredients don't spoil easily and kept well during the long transport by ship. For this recipe I use my preferred gluten-free flour by Schar. 

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Can you bear a grey hair? - grey-blending may be for you

Can you bear a grey hair? - grey-blending may be for you

April 20, 2023

Lockdowns brought many shifts in behaviour and thinking. Two years in, it’s a very different world and one thing that has changed is people’s tolerance to grey hair. Before lockdowns most clients...

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Gaby's Easter Bakery - Almond Macaroons (Passover)

Gaby's Easter Bakery - Almond Macaroons (Passover)

April 12, 2023

Our twins wanted to make mini Chollas last month to take in for their teachers. Little charmers. Here's an easy recipes that the kids can help with for Passover.

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Gaby's Bakery - Apple, Banana & Maple Tray Bake

Gaby's Bakery - Apple, Banana & Maple Tray Bake

March 16, 2023

Tray bakes are great because they’re usually simple to make, create an abundance of treats for the effort put in and leave less washing up. I prefer to bring sweetness into these recipes from fruits where I can, and this one has a little added coconut sugar.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Francesca

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Francesca

March 11, 2023

I love long hair. But sometimes it’s better to cut it back and start again fresh. Especially when the ends have suffered serious over-processing of colour on multiple occasions. And it’s great to have a change too.

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Vermeer - Catch it if You Can

Vermeer - Catch it if You Can

March 04, 2023

Getting 80% of Vermeer’s known works under one roof is quite an achievement; the 20% refuseniks mostly citing the fragility of their treasures whose travelling days were over. It’s unlikely to happen again in my lifetime if ever, so off we went to the city of space-cakes and tulips to get close to the Old Masters’ work, an artist and era that’s captivated me from a young age.

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In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Marlenka

In the Chair - Real People Real Hair - Marlenka

March 03, 2023

Flat oily hair? It could be your haircut. Marlenka always struggled to get any life in her hair. She said it always felt and looked oily. I explained just how the haircut wasn’t helping.

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What the Heck is Work/Life Balance?

What the Heck is Work/Life Balance?

February 25, 2023

Have you noticed more and more negative baggage being hung off the word ‘work’?

I’ve never understood the term work/life balance myself. Is work not part of my life? Perhaps the term was coined by someone brain-dead while at work. And I get that many people hate their work. I feel sorry for them, yet for many a change in attitude and input could alter perceptions. 

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Michael's Kitchen Takeover - Fasolakia

Michael's Kitchen Takeover - Fasolakia

February 18, 2023

Half the time, there’s a cake-fest going on in our kitchen so Gaby needed relocating temporarily. Banksy’s inspiration was timely 😀.

Some classic recipes just go on and on. And this is a favourite of adults and kids at our full-house dinners.

If I have our apprentices up for after work, they’ll often say, “Don’t bother asking, just do the chicken and beans!” A lamb cutlets version was

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Fear of Conversation

Fear of Conversation

February 08, 2023

I hate to think of any client feeling anxious about their time in the salon.

Rosie the Londoner (Professional Influencer) highlighted this issue on her last visit and set our whole team talking. Not just the issue itself which we’re sensitive to, but the stream of responses on her IG site chiming in with those feelings. 

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Gaby's Bakery - Ghreyba - Moroccan Coconut Cookies

Gaby's Bakery - Ghreyba - Moroccan Coconut Cookies

February 04, 2023

Always on the search for local delicacies, we came across Ghreyba in Marrakech. These Moroccan cookies can be made with different kinds of flour; ground almond, sesame, walnut or semolina usually, so gluten free. Noted for their 

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Winter Sun - Marrakech

Winter Sun - Marrakech

February 04, 2023

When Aman Resorts gate crashed the 5-star market in 1987 it blew the gilt off luxury and ushered in a quieter understated quality of hospitality.

Instead of overt excess, luxury could be less. Less bells, less whistles and most importantly, less other people. Here was a resort with

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