I do apologise for the long absence. I’d like to say it was justified in that The Bald One, very bravely, proposed to me. Despite my father asking Baldy ‘do you know what you’re taking on?!,’ it still didn’t deter him from asking. Looking … Continue reading
I’m feeling pretty heroic. Yesterday evening I broke up a fight between two fully grown men. Yes, that’s right, little ol’ me, at 5ft 3 1/2 inches, stopped two men from fighting to death. Well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration as … Continue reading
The highlight of the day at my prep school was always tea time. There would be an array of delicacies named ‘sticky willies’ (long buns covered in icing) or ‘sticky boobies’ (circular iced buns with a cherry in the middle). I … Continue reading
*SNORE ALERT* I shall be talking about my Gap Year. However, I like to think my Gap Year wasn’t an ordinary travelling experience. Bored at school I threw a dart at a map and said to myself I would go … Continue reading
If cakes had feelings, this one would be traumatized. I made this cake at my parents’ house, 170 miles from where it finally met its end. To expand, I constructed this in Shropshire on Sunday for my housemate’s birthday, which … Continue reading
At the age of 16 I thought a Bailey’s on ice was the height of sophistication, probably because it was the only thing we were permitted to drink in our school JCR on Saturday nights. I would still quite happily … Continue reading
Many recipes claim to be fool-proof and turn out to involve a thousand ingredients and thirty complex steps. This, however, really is simple, the most difficult part being to pour the mixture into coffee cups; if you can’t manage that … Continue reading
I think I’ve cracked it; I’ve found the perfect brownie. A bold statement, I admit, but after reading many articles and scouring friends and family recipes, I stumbled across the ultimate brownie recipe on The Guardian website, and through … Continue reading
Feast your eyes on this: Take a classic apple strudel add some pears, chocolate, crushed ginger biscuits and voila you have this epic winter creation. Go on, give it a try, it’s what winter’s all about…..
Biscotti, meaning twice baked biscuit, make the perfect accompaniment to a cup of coffee. I usually associate coffee mornings with the over 70’s, so for those of us who are still chained to our desks and don’t want to crumble … Continue reading
