Important Blog Announcement!

B-o-a-T will be undergoing a major, month-long transformation!

From now until Saturday August 24th, I will be re-routing and planning a new direction for B-o-a-T! 

This will lead B-o-a-T into its blogosphere evolution: "Bachelor(ette)" of Arts - BA(ette)! 

Thank you to all of B-o-a-T's past and present readers, and to-be readers of "Bachelor(ette)" of Arts'!

To my dear readers at B-o-a-T, 

I am grateful for your continuous support and readership - whether it is once, twice, thrice, etc. 

I hope that you would be able to continue supporting the future of B-o-a-T, and we will continue this journey together as BA(ette)! :)

If you would like to stay updated with the little bits and bobs up until (re)launch day, you can always tweet with me @Jingely , Google Friend Connect with me (Widget's at the R-hand side!); or even email me! (jessiejingdance@gmail.com)

I will be revamping my social media platforms as well as the blog itself so that you will be able to communicate with me more conveniently with me! (Don't worry, I don't bite!)

The blog will not be locked (for the final week overhaul) until Saturday 17th August so please feel free to come back and browse around, read/re-read and share any posts you'd like!

So that's it for now. Stay tuned - and see you in August!

Love and Kisses,

JJ x

Chef's Kitchen: Flavrbox - A marketplace, but with all the goodness of the Internet.

In a world dominated by generic supermarket giants and the increase of mass production cum consumerism– accessibility and convenience are most likely to be the top priorities for food shoppers. I, for one, and as a student, live on what I’d like to call: ‘tear, dip & munch’ food – tear it from the packet, dip it in a sauce (from a packet, of course) and munch away. Even when I do cook, the groceries that I buy are from Tesco, Tesco, Tesco, and the occasional Sainsbury’s.

Yet, at about a similar walking distance as my trip from home-to-Tesco, is the local market. Fresh fish, local meat and independent food stalls – all of which are dwindling away in presence, as the reliance on supermarkets are on a constant rise. Wouldn’t it be great if that balance is shifted towards independent, local brands that are more likely to guarantee you good, hearty food; rather than mass-manufactured products – and yet still be accessible and convenient to you? 

(Photograph taken from Flavrbox.com)