* The Of Soil and Water Project is responsible for the opening of a freshwater bathing pond in London’s King’s Cross next month. A pioneering approach to design and architecture in the city, placing nature centre stage. One for the city’s swimmers to try [...]

* Love the look of this magazine ‘Printing Friends’, which unsurprisingly is about all things to do with printing. The front cover is a culinary embodiment of this, with a cute retro cake in the shape of a perfect letter P – love it! Read more over on [...]

When it comes to eating meat I’m a bit fussy and prefer to splash out and spend more for a better quality more sustainable piece of meat. I’m no ‘meat and two veg’ kind of girl, actually I’d be quite happy with a whole plate of bright vibrant [...]

* Absolutely love this stunning Lucky Charm themed digital art work by Kristin Magee. Make sure you check out her Paper Crave blog if you’re a stationery fiend! * The tiny kitchen is back! This time cooking up one of my favourites: ramen. Watch the video here: * If I [...]

* I’ve been listening to the Lady in the Van on the radio, really looking forward to the movie version. Maggie Smith is playing the lead role, so it’s sure to be a hit. * Love these illustrations by Brazilian artist, Carol Rosetti, entitled ‘Women’ [...]

* Interesting to see how school lunches in the US compare to other countries – I certainly wouldn’t want to eat its offering for lunch! Really like the look of what kids are given in Greece, Finland and South Korea, and who could resist brie and apples? While I [...]

* Today marks the start of Fairtrade Fortnight. Fairtrade is something I feel really passionate about and I try and make swaps wherever possible, like bananas, chocolate (it tastes so much better!), sugar and spices. What Fairtrade products do you love – and what other [...]

* How cute are these penguins in their little woolly jumpers? Certainly made me smile! They were knitted by Australia’s oldest man, who is 109, in response to a campaign for these penguins who’d been in an oil spill. Just goes to show that age is nothing but a [...]

* Did you see my Strawberry and Cream Layer Cake recipe in the Daily Mail this weekend? It’s from my new book Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook, which is out on Thursday! * Love these minimalist illustrations of famous people’s names – especially the [...]

* Did you see my Ramen feature in the Telegraph? It’s an ode to this delicious dish, which I experienced plenty of while I was off on my Japanese adventures last year. * If you’re ever wondering how to perfectly blind bake a pastry case, then look no further than [...]