Coffee lovers, I’m sure you already know about Lavazza and for those who love French press coffee, you probably know Bodum too. Today thanks to the people at Lavazza, we’re giving away 3 packs of goodies worth $100 each! Each pack contains $40 worth of Lavazza Torino in their signature blend coffee along with a Bodum French press Brazil Coffee maker. Lavazza was founded all the way back in 1895 in Torino and the signature blend was created with high grown washed Arabica coffee beans and is described as “multi-layered with intensity and finesse”. Emilio Lavazza, the President of Lavazza puts his own name to this signature blend of coffee.
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March 20, 2010
by Not Quite Nigella
Ladies and Gents, you know I do love retro and things that hark back to yesteryear. The new movie My One & Only is set in the 1950’s (how Mad Men!) and is directed by Richard Loncraine (My House in Umbria)and stars Renee Zellweger, Renee Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Kevin Bacon, Eric McCormack & Chris Noth.
“My One & Only is inspired by the incidents in the life of actor and Hollywood icon George Hamilton. This breezy 1950s journey follows the refined and enchanting Ann Deveraux (Renee Zellweger), who packs up her life, including two teenage sons, buys a Cadillac convertible and embarks on a cross-country trip to get away from philandering, society bandleader Dan (Kevin Bacon.) Anns goal: to find herself a new husband. Yet what this unconventional family discover is something altogether more wonderful.”
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March 13, 2010
by Not Quite Nigella
Oh me oh my! For a moment there I almost titled this 2009. To be in March and still be writing 2009 is a lapse indeed. Anyway Dear Readers, I have a fabulous line up of goodies in this month’s To Market, To Market giveaway!
So the lovely people at these companies also agreed to send out a pack of these items to some lucky Not Quite Nigella readers so that you too can sample their goodies instead of just reading about them!
Just leave a comment at the end of the story telling me which product you’d like to try and why. I’m very sorry overseas lovelies but these can only be posted within Australia. The giveaway ends on the 14th of March 
Lowan cereal
OK I am not a huge untoasted muesli fan but this Lowan cereal is a mix of toasted and untoasted muesli. I liked it best when made into a Bircher muesli as it has lots of yummy fruit that plumps up when soaked overnight. It comes in three flavours: Berry Bliss, Apple & Cinnamon and Nut Crunch.
Thanks to Lowan, four lucky Not Quite Nigella readers will receive a pack containing a 500gram pack of the Berry Bliss, Apple & Cinnamon and Nut Crunch cereals!
Atticus & Max
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March 6, 2010
by Not Quite Nigella
Tetsuya Wakuda
I do have a few dreams left and many of them involve eating at spectacular restaurants around the world. One of them is located here in Sydney and it’s one that I haven’t visited in over seven years as the last time was for my 30th birthday. So I was very happy to be invited to attend a Electrolux Masterclass with Tetsuya Wakuda at his world famous restaurant Tetsuya’s. Only twelve classes are held a year and needless to say, spots are very much limited to a lucky few. Tetsuya would be showing us how to cook some dishes and talking to us about how he likes to cook and answering any questions that we had for him. To top it all off, we’d be sitting down to one of his famous degustations, an epic 10 courses that no soul in their right mind would ever pass up. And the best part? One of you Dear Readers, have a chance to win a spot at a Masterclass including, flights, accomodation and transfers! 
Yes the Electrolux Tetsuya Masterclass is a “money can’t buy” event and tickets to it are not available to the general public so the only way to get to attend one is through invite only-or of course a competition like this.
The evening started with a chauffered car pick up. The driver opens the door for me (don’t you just love that?) and I get into the car and we pick up Christie and Peter on the way. We arrive along with the other bloggers invited and enter the upstairs newly fitted kitchens. We mingle with some champagne while Tetsuya and his staff are busy prepping for the evening’s class. After a short time we are ushered into the new kitchen, a stunning marble topped island with knee pad activated sinks, a sleek fridge and a shiny induction cooktop. And this would be this kitchen’s maiden voyage!
His first tip after welcoming us and confessing his nervousness is about induction saucepans. People are apparently put off from buying induction cooktops thinking that they will need to buy new saucepans but he tells us that if you place a magnet on the base of a pan and it sticks, it will be induction cooktop safe and he also mentions that 80-90% of pots made today are induction suitable.
Tetsuya and Christie
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March 5, 2010
by Not Quite Nigella
Happy Saturday! The best way to start a Saturday for me is with a giveaway and today’s is for a fun package. I have four sets of three gorgeous Dandi tea towels and a Masterchef Masterclass DVD to giveaway. The Dandi tea towels comes in gorgeously delightful patterns and are made of a blend of linen and cotton. The Masterchef DVD is the long awaited Masterclass DVD with 3 discs with over 40 recipes from making home made pasta to filleting a fish!
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February 20, 2010
by Not Quite Nigella
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