I was listening to some lady chums recently – they’d been away together on a mini cruise to the continent.   At one time these were nicknamed ‘boose cruises’ because of the amount of booze and cigarettes people used to bring back uder Read More

Damp drizzly weather is never the best for encouraging folk to get out there and let rip with the wallet.  Although Chrismas and the festive season is approaching with frightening speed, with the need for exsquisite and imaginitive cookery for days at Read More

My word the summer seems to have shot by and her we are with autumnal tones and gusts of wintery weather.  it barely feels possible as spring seemed to drift in late and before we knew it, the hottest weather was here Read More

Ho ho, this last month has been exciting.  Our neighbours have been having a new kitchen installed.   Yes, I know it’s unusual to feel joy when next door get anything.  However, I recently had to enter as key holder when their alarm Read More

Just knowing how to organise a day’s meals is quite an achievement for some folk.  This is especially so for prople who live alone.  They may have had a busy family life in days of old – bustling activities before and after Read More

I was leafing through my local village magazine and an article looked familiar – about cookie cutters together with an amazing array of biscuits and cookies that had been produced in a local artisan bake house.  This in turn reminded me of Read More

I was in the States recently staying with a family who are not short of a dollar or two.  That’s just as well as they live i a very affluent city and you need every dollar available to just keep up with Read More

When we travel for holidays, whether to stay in hotels or with family, it is great fun to look around at the locality and compare things like kitchen and living stores.  I’ve just come back from a stay in the US.  Living Read More

We al know what we like the best in the way of kitchen fitments, flooring and to a certain extent, which integral white goods we want to have.  The choice seems very wide at first but gradually as  you work through the Read More

I have often thought that a man must have designed my kitchen – apparently the devleopers have been in the business for thirty or forty years and know a thing or two about building family houses.  Or do they?!  My kitchen is  Read More