We really love winter root vegetables in our house. By that I mean swede, carrots, jerusalem artichokes, beetroot, celeriac and the lovely ...

One of the films we just love to watch here at Oak Cottage during the winter months, and especially at Christmas, is Little Women. I just l...

      Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware!" My husband is a ...

Nothing says home more than a nice big platter of perfectly scrambled eggs in the morning. So comforting . . . and, well . . . cosy. Ther...

Ahhh . . . the perfect baked potato. Crisp and slightly salted on the outside, and creamy white and fluffy on the inside. The first meal I ...

   We have had an unbelievably cold couple of days here in the SouthEast of England. I believe this is the coldest winter that I have had t...

   Chocolate cake is not something you will see in my house very often. I just adore chocolate myself, but Todd is not fond of it at all. ...