Welcome to Amanda Zips It Up and your Mid-Week Fashion Fix.
It’s October already (!) and the last two weeks of September have been super busy for me.
Last Wednesday I was LIVE on the Red Carpet at The Boisdale Music Awards. I wore a beautiful Winter White tailored trouser suit by Zara with Silver platform boots by Free People. My job was to grab as many stars as I could to be interviewed by my radio partner Ronnie Herel live from the fabulous Canary Wharf. I was also snooping as to who wore who and what, which I feature in this week’s instalment.
But back to the fact that it’s now October, meaning the days are shorter, cooler and we have Christmas ahead of us. It’s time to prepare some wholesome hearty meals as we snuggle down for the winter season.
Where do you look when it comes to celebrity chefs, cookbooks and interesting recipe inspiration?
I bet you’d never think of Snoop Dogg?
Our favourite rapper and all-round coolest-artist-ever swapped the rizlas for recipes with his first cook book (launched in 2018): FROM CROOK TO COOK. Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen.
I literally only discovered it at the weekend, and I can’t get enough.
It contains a foreword written by US Megastar Lifestyle Domestic Goddess Martha Stewart, who struck up an unlikely friendship with Snoop when collaborating on VH1’s Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party. Stewart comments that she was surprised by his unique cooking techniques and recipes.
Snoop starts by revealing what’s in his pantry:
Soy Sauce
Ketchup
Honey
Hot Sauce
Lemon Pepper & Seasoning Salt
Maple Syrup and Honey
Pop Tarts & Instant Macaroni Cheese
And in the Fridge:
MOET Champagne & Orange Juice
Eggs, Milk, Butter & Cheddar
BBQ Sauce, Mustard and Ranch Dressing
Dill Pickles.
Find everything – from The SMOOVIE, Not Ya Mamma’s Corn Muffins, The Thickness Gravy, Mile-High Omelet to Spaghetti de la Hood, Get Tha Chip Fried Chicken Wings, Baby Got Back Ribs, Ain’t No Jive Herbed Turkey & Gravy and the ultimate cocktail: WAKE ‘N’ BAKE CORPSE REVIVER, which promises to cure that nasty hangover from dropping like it’s hard at the club. The Dogg’s own hair of the dogg to get you back up and at ‘em. He notes taht the money ain’t sitting around waiting: you need to get up, get out and get something. Sounds dangerous.
“One thing for sure and two things for certain,
a dogg’s gotta eat and tha boss dogg is gonna show you how.”
