We don’t have Buffalo Grill in the UK but if we did, I’d be going.
Brittany Ferries Portsmouth to Caen Day Crossing
About our Brittany Ferries Portsmouth to Caen day crossing – a companion piece to Brittany Ferries St Malo Night Crossing. We could have gone for Le Full English but with another meal time due before the end of the crossing, bread and pastries were the order of the morning during our Brittany Ferries journey from […]
Siblu Les Pierres Couchees St Brevin
Take your mind for impending snow and bad weather by planning a summer holiday. Take some inspiration from Siblu holiday taken last summer.
Cheats’ French Fancies
Cheating need not mean buying a pack of Mr Kipling French Fancies – you get a similar effect with this easy version using instant fondant fancy icing.
Nigella Chocolate Mousse from Nigellissima
This Nigella chocolate mousse recipe from Nigellissima isn’t especially Italian but it’s very quick to make and perfect for pampering a special someone.
Sunflower seed bread maker recipe
A slice of this sunflower seed bread maker loaf turns the humblest meal into a feast. I may not be very handy with DIY but I’ve always joked that being a carpenter’s daughter means you can slice bread properly. Nowadays I think it has as much to do with the knife and the loaf whether […]
Dinosaur cookies
Delight the little boy in your life with these dinosaur cookies.
Returrn to Crussh Canary Wharf
To inspire you in your new year diets, join me in a return to the mighty Crussh juice bar. Reviewing restaurants is not something I’d normally do twice however as you can read in my previous Crussh review there were still a great many types of dish on the menu we’d not yet looked at. Furthermore, […]
Banana Fudge Muffins
If you line up all the ingredients and equipment the night before, making banana fudge muffins for breakfast is a piece of cake. Banana Fudge Muffins – A Quick Weekend Breakfast Muffins can be ready inside half an hour if you get organised. The night before, weigh your ingredients: put the dry ingredients in a […]
30 Best Loved Recipes Collection part work: Should I buy?
30 Best Loved Recipes is the latest cooks’ part work collection to be launched in the UK. How will it measure up to the French versions I have bought on holiday? Last time part works reared their ugly head on here, I gave Baked and Delicious a bit of a savaging. There have been other […]
Chocolate Detox Drink: The Shrink Mummy Shake
Who’s ready for a chocolate detox drink? On days when you are determined to be a good girl, indulge in my favourite Shrink Mummy Shake. I can guarantee that it will fill you up until lunchtime and it’s even got cocoa in it. Ka-pow! It may be New Year’s Day but this is not, […]
End of Year Round Up 2012
This is an End of Year Round Up with a difference. Stultified, I prepare to sit re-digesting everything I’ve seen this year. But the prospect of re-blogging stuff I already blogged bores me to tears. You will not find second-hand material in this post but you may see some things that surface in 2013. Just […]













