Oh, it is a cold and rainy day . . . blustery . . . the kind of day that would have Pooh scrambling around with his umbrella, complaining ...

What can I say . . .  there are times in life when I just long for . . .  indeed crave  . . .  a bowl of pasta.  And sometimes it can be ...

When I was growing up my mother never bought mayonnaise as such.  I don't know why, only that she didn't.  There were only type s...

One of the things I love most over here are Cream Teas, and of course when you think of a cream tea you must think of a scone. That delici...

We've been having some really nice this week with not a lot of rain . . .  it's looked threatening of rain at times and felt very ...

If you had told me when I was a child that I would one day love blueberries, I would not have believed you. Nova Scotia, Canada, the plac...

  One of my absolute favourite things to make in warmer weather is Potato Salad. The potato is my favourite vegetable and well, potato sa...

One of the many perks of being a food blogger is that I occasionally get sent cookery books to review.   I love it when that happens as I...

I am truly a salad nut. I could eat salad seven nights a week and never tire of it . . . ever. One of my favourite salad leaves to use,...

I don't know about you, but at my age, and with only two people living in this house, I struggle sometimes getting everything I bake ...

  We were cleaning out the freezer at the weekend and I found a nice piece of salt beef that was in danger of having been in there for far...

My husband is a died and true Meat and Potatoes man.   He's not bothered with having anything fancy.  Simply prepared, meat and potat...

I can still remember the very first time I had a Cantuccini, or Biscotti as they are also known.   I was probably in my early 30's.  ...

Can you take yet another delicious blueberry recipe from me???  Oh, I am sure you can!  As you know I love blueberries and I am betting t...

There is nothing more appealing than a delicious plate of English fish and chips. This is not considred to be the National favourite dish...