Glam-rock attic apartment
Cookery writer Laura Santtini's daring London flat...
Laura Santtini is a cookery writer whose passion for food is equal to her love for creating a warm and welcoming home. The interior of her home is a daring mix of unexpected ingredients that surprises and delights at every turn. Ethnic rugs sit alongside glamorous mirrors, contemporary furniture mixes with antique finds, and pop art is placed next to family heirlooms. 'I guess my cooking is about throwing flavours together to deliver bursts of taste where you least expect them,' she says. And the same is true of her home, which she shares with her partner, children and dog.
Laura's passion for food was passed down from her Venetian hotelier grandmother and her parents, who founded Santini in Belgravia – famed for being Frank Sinatra's favourite London restaurant. Laura ran it for a while after her father retired, but now she takes a back seat, concentrating on cookery writing and consultancy. Naturally, entertaining at home is an important part of her life, but it's more likely to be a chaotic family affair than a sophisticated soiree. Or when friends pop round she'll whip up a pasta or risotto dish.
Now Laura has turned a lifetime's knowledge of food into her first book, Easy Tasty Italian, based on combining unexpected flavours to create 'magical flavour bombs'. 'I call it alchemy,''she says, 'putting good ingredients together and producing something that's more than the sum of its parts.' The same could be said of her home.
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