Kokova Magazine

Are your baking and cake decorating plans already under way for Christmas 2014? As well as tasting delicious, festive bakes need to look the part too and you can get ready with a little help from Squires Kitchen - with edible gold leaf, modelling chocolate and cookie cutters in fun, festive shapes. It's all about presentation for the party season - from a dusting of sparkle to a gold-leaf covered Christmas cake - and the leading sugarcraft experts at Squires Kitchen can show you how to create a festive spread to impress.

Gemma Cook puts the Nutri Baby to the test, as she begins the task of weaning with her son Sam. The Nutri Baby can make fresh baby food suitable for babies in every stage of development. As you can switch between making pureed baby food for younger babies and chunkier baby food for older babies, you can be sure in the knowledge that you are in control, and will know exactly what you are putting into each bowl. Give your baby the best start when it comes to weaning, with the Nutri Baby.

Grand Georgian property Sopwell House in St Albans is proud to announce Gopi Chandran as their new Executive Head Chef. Set to dazzle the hotel guests with his culinary expertise and unique creative flair, both the team at Sopwell House and Gopi himself are excited to see where his creativity and passion will take them.

Chiaro is a British tech start up, led by women, that aims to change the way women think and care for their bodies. Elvie, the first intelligent activity tracker for women, is Chiaro's first product. Elvie is set to change how women look after their bodies.

Last weekend saw the Spirit of Christmas descend on Olympia with the London edition of the Spirit Fairs. Bringing together a wealth of choice in gift ideas, from household gadgets to beautiful jewellery and clothes, complete with a fabulous selection of food and drink on offer on the first floor, it was the ideal experience to get us into a festive mood. So we popped along to see what we would pick to pop under the tree this Christmas.

A new study, commissioned by water-based sanitiser brand, Aquaint, suggests that our hands are dirtier than many public surfaces, harbour a staggering 30,203% more bacteria, which means that hands are far more likely to make us unwell than grubby surfaces. But should we simply stop shaking hands, or take advantage of the many products available to sanitise on the go? After observing the entrance to a Surrey hospital, on the eve of Global Handwashing Day we noted less than 1 in 10 people used the hand cleaning gel dispensers.