I was looking for something to decorate the cake I am taking to my sister in law (let’s call her V) on Sunday.  She is very eco-conscious and would not appreciate crappy plastic…

I do not approve of starting Christmas too soon, but an exception has to be made for Christmas cakes and puddings which need a bit of time to mature.  Traditionally these are made…

I made some cakes for a concert at St James Church today. First of all I made a rich chocolate fudge slice with walnuts on top. Then I made some lemon fairy cakes. …

Where other people would munch on crisps and chocolate, R snacks down on health bars.  We are both quite keen on avoiding unnecessary fat and sugar in our diets, and very keen to…

R’s sister bought me a kit for making a “Garden Focaccia” for my birthday. I made it today and it turned out really well. Note the perfect crumb structure beloved of Paul Hollywood.…

Yesterday I made some bread.  The ingredients for it are flour, salt and yeast.  Today it is a bit hard but ok for toast.  Tomorrow it will be so hard as to be…

I’ll be the first to admit that I am not one for watching every penny that I spend.  We’re not badly off and I don’t take the pleasure some people (J is one…

I had to use up the last bit of my slow cooker box.  It was a lamb flank and I have never used this cut of meat before.  I can’t say I liked…

I think we have been eating too much meat recently – I ordered a big box from the Blackface Meat Company for the freezer and we seem to have been dipping into it…

I have had limited luck with buying meat around here.  The supermarket stuff is well, supermarket stuff, and the one joint I had from a local butcher was expensive and rather mediocre.  So…