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
When you first leave home, you have to learn to do all the things that make that life safe, comfortable and hygienic. If you haven’t been encouraged, or made, to share the domestic chores from toddlerhood, this can be a tremendous shock Read More
I know of a young woman who married in the summertime about 5 years ago. She and her fiance had been very keen on trying out new foods and recipes – in fact they used to get her ’round the world’ cook Read More
At this time of year there are many programmes on tv that aim to inspire our home creativity. We have a jolly lady who does a great deal of crafting – be it making her own christmas crackers to the miles of Read More
We all get used to our own kitchens and all the familiar things around us. I know that when I want fast boiling and steaming, it’s the left hand front ring. For a little gentler simmering, either of the back rings and Read More
As summer has so rudely departed – after taking up a vast amount of our time and causing endless worries about heat stroke and lack of rain, she goes off, leaving us with a tumultuous rainy season to contend with. This year Read More