It is rumoured that there are over 900,000 poppy seeds contained in a pound of poppy seeds . . . I've never actually counted them, nor a...

"You can't grow hairs on a duck egg, Hairs only grow on an ape, And it's only the hairs on a goosegog, That stop it from being ...

For the past several years I have been looking at pork belly and wondering what it would taste like. It's one of the lesser expensive c...

I had a rather lazy culinary day the other day . . . The kind of day where I just couldn't get my act together, and make up my mind what...

Once again, another attempt to pare down our fresh resources here at Oak Cottage. What better way to use up blueberries, than to bake a del...

I'm not sure why it is . . . but it's terribly difficult to get a great picture of chocolate anything . . . well, it is for me anywa...

Well we finally got some sunshine today and it's beginning to feel a bit like summer should feel! Yayy!!! I took advantage of the su...

Turn the music on and then sit back in your chair . . . I'm going to take you back to a time here in the UK, back in the early 60's....