I made a batch of these delicious apple puffs to sell on the stall at my local Crowborough Community Orchard‘s apple day this October, where they proved so popular that […]
My daughter and her family recently holidayed in Italy near Sorrento. She brought back some beautiful lemons – Amalfi Lemons. I simply had to make a lemon cake but wanted […]
This summer, when the temperatures have risen to record levels, I have been making some Old Fashioned Homemade Lemonade. I haven’t made it for years but I remember my mother […]
Modern Cookery For Private Families Several years ago my daughter gave me a copy of Eliza Acton’s Modern Cookery For Private Families, which was first published in 1845. I had […]
Every Easter the supermarkets seem to have an ever increasing variety of hot cross buns for sale. Perhaps this is because they seem to sell the traditional hot cross buns […]
I grew up in a home where the kitchen was the heart of everything. Life was busy and no one really had time to sit around, but somehow everyone ended up in the kitchen. Cooking and baking were how we came together. My mother baked, and that’s really where it all started for me.
