We’re thrilled about that summer has arrived – in fact, we are a little bored of summer now.  It’s been blisteringly hot for over two weeks and there appears to be no let up.  How we wish for those thunder storms and Read More

I have begun using one of those new fangled food delivery services – a young lass came to the door, very cheerful and confident – she more or less bulldozed her way in to my kitchen and wouldn’t take my lame excuses Read More

When you book into any kind of lesson, there has to be some level of expectation on the part of the buying student and the tutor – it’s no good them coming to a cookery course for example, assuming that the student Read More

When the winter finally leaves us and we start to seriously contemplate basking in the sunlight to come, does our mind turn to the pleasures of the flesh – steady on, not that kind.  I’m thinking of the flesh of tomatoes and Read More

I love going round kitchen and cookery workshop suppliers – there used to be a truly fantastic emporuium in my local town.  It was filled from floor to ceiling with rack after rack of the most divine culinary objects – many of Read More

I had the chance to enrol with chums at a chocolate making workshop the other summer.  It was actually part of a a whole host of hen party activities and we all had to select from a choice of 8 things, which Read More

I had the opportunity to join a pal on a rather high end shopping trip recently.  This was a reward voucher she’d had for some spectacular achievement at work.  I know not what the value of the gift was, but it involved Read More

I have promised to provide two items of Christmas festival food for my hostess – she is already providing enough food for the entire wetern world, but there will inevitably be folk at the table who do not like conventional christmas pud Read More

At this time of year, i.e. autumn , there are fewer programmes showing the light salad sort of meals that I content myself with most of the time.  Being on my own, I tend to take the easier course through the intricasies Read More

Oh the fun of a birthday treat – afternoon tea out at a local emporium or up to town for a super swish extravaganza.  The prices these days do rather dictate the programme of events.  The local tea room will offer a Read More