Full disclaimer; my pal wrote this book. That doesn’t mean it isn’t great though. It is. READ MORE
Full disclaimer; my pal wrote this book. That doesn’t mean it isn’t great though. It is. READ MORE
Well little Laurie, my last born son, turns 3 in June. We are of course having a perfect toddler’s birthday party. There will be a bouncy castle, a pinata, a ball pit, cake, ice cream and the most important bit; party bags. READ MORE
Morning! Well have I got a treat for you. I have not one, not two, not three books… but four books from Storey Publishers to giveaway. I’m going to give them away as a bundle as I think anyone who likes one of them will like all of them. But first a little info on them and what I thought. READ MORE
I have two lovely things for you. One is this excellent recipe for halva jelly by Sumayya Usmani from Mountain Berries and Desert Spice (published by Frances Lincoln, an imprint of The Quarto Group). The other thing I have is a copy of this delightful book to giveaway. For details on how to get your mitts on the book scroll to the bottom of the post. READ MORE
Some of you may recall I reviewed a new oven from AEG on this here blog some time ago – you can read all about it here. Needless to say, the oven was marvellous and my lucky parents got to keep it. (Not many perks to being my parents, but this was definitely one of them!) Well, I have some good news for you that by November 2nd one of you will have won a brand new AEG built-in oven with SteamBake! It’s not tricky to enter at all – just follow all the instructions below! READ MORE
Cake stands are something I have a love hate relationship with. I find them really rather beautiful; they make me believe I’m living in a gentler time where everyone stopped for tea instead of everyone stopped to photograph their food. (Guilty as charged). But they’re not all very good. I have one that’s mighty pretty but the dome is so squat only a torte can safely nestle underneath it. READ MORE
I met some of the lovely people from Woodall’s at the Good Housekeeping Awards. (Did I mention I won best food blog? Did I? Okay maybe a few times. Apologies). Anyway, they were lovely and friendly and we bonded about being rubbish at networking. They also gave me the courage to go and speak to some of the GHK folks who I would never ever have had the guts to approach with a little coaching. READ MORE
My kids love Fimo. Really love it. They get frustrated with it though, so though they start out playing with it ‘without any help Mummy’, it soon degenerates into me helping to mould a snake/monster/horse/pig. Fimo is fabulous but it is hard on the hands. You need to knead it a little before you use it and even then it can be tricky to use. Probably best suited to older kids and adults. READ MORE
Ah, isn’t it nice to read a book where there are references in it you recognise? This applies to fiction and non fiction in my eyes. READ MORE
Mammissima is written by Elisabetta Minervini, who was born in Molfetta, near Bari, a medieval port in the beautiful region of
Puglia in southern Italy. She moved to England in 1997, is the founder of award‐winning publishing company Alma Books. She lives in Richmond, London, with her husband Alessandro and their two children, aged twelve and nine. READ MORE
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