I have yet to succumb to the temptations of the online shopping crcuit for my main grocery and household shopping. I have a need to see the fruit and veg that I need to replenish and also, I have this overriding desire Read More
There are certain things I find easier to do this summer than last, especially where cooking and catering are concerned. I absolutely love soup, especially vegetable. I find it was the most satisfying way to use up those dead and dying specimens Read More
My household has recently tried moving over to low carb eating We have an extended group who have gone down that route quite successfully for most of the time. It is not as easy to achieve as we first thought though. We 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’ve been trying so hard to lose weight and reduce my terrifyingly rapid spikes in blood pressure. I hae tried all sorts of methods and diets. It’s very esy to start off well with a drop in weight almost overnight. It never Read More
Getting the kitchen into some sort of order before the Christmas and new year festivities take hold is a good idea. Perhaps in the summer holidays when all the windows and doors can be thrust wide open, there is more interest in Read More
I know of two or three couples who like to sign up with individual suppliers of cookery and craft lessons. One example would be a school teacher who is a fantastic cook, particulartly of south asian cuisine. She spends less time in 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
Back in the 1960s this family went to a local secondary school that was brand new – so new that we had to wait for the developers to get off site before the first class could entere the segregated playgrounds. I was Read More
On a visit to a working museum set in an old copper mine complex brought some very unexpected pleasures and experiences. After the obligatory rid on the train down into the bowels of the earth – well a few hundred metres anyway, Read More