I've been quite unwell the last 6 months, so I have refrained from doing any new projects. If you've noticed my lull, I appologise-n...

When a dash of love is added to cooking, it is instantly transformed into something infinitely more palatable. I think real cooking is love-...

When I was a kid and heard the phrase "no flies on him", I just presumed the person spoken about had good personal hygiene and did...

I'd like to think I'm a risk taker. But in reality, I'm probably not at all. I think using pumpkin puree in a sweet bread sounds...

It's a chilly wind that blows here today. There are few things that I enjoy more on days like this than baking bread and having that hea...

It's been a little quiet around here. I'm always suspicious of silence. I find myself floating, floating, feeling relaxed, and then ...

Oh dear...there is no turning back now.  For one, you've stumbled across this page. For another, if you're anything like me, this is...

 You know that feeling, when you start cutting out sugar? It feels like you won't live another day without it, and if you do, you'll...

I've been dreaming of home made bread. Casseroles and stews cooking all day in the slow cooker, issuing a pungent, herby smell. Puddings...

 We enjoyed these lovely, fresh and hot out of the oven garlic and herb bread knots as an accompaniment to the Thai Sweet Potato soup for ou...

I doubt that our neighbours cook very much. "What are you burning now?" has resounded angrily from one particular house mo...

After a little break (which was perfect timing for me, due to the birth of my little daughter) The Secret Recipe Club is back. I was assign...