After a couple of months with open entries we’re going back to having a monthly theme. I think blog events work best when there’s a fresh angle each month and after my breather of keeping Nigella just ticking along in the background, I thought it was time to get her up and running again with […]
Amelie Poulain’s Paris
This is the last of my three part series about last year’s spring trip to Paris. After viewing Paris through the eyes of Simone de Beauvoir last week, today it is the turn of Amelie Poulain as in Le Fableux Destin de Amelie Poulain – to give Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film comedy its full title! At […]
Discovering Ladurée in Paris
Maison Cupcake in Paris Part One Is it Easter already? Twelve months have passed yet it feels like yesterday my husband and I escaped by ourselves for a holiday weekend in Paris by Eurostar. As I was preoccupied with a tight deadline for the first photo shoot of the book I never got around to blogging […]
Easter Baking Class at Leith’s
Cooking courses at Leiths are sadly something I’ll probably never get to do. But for one evening at least I find out what cooking classes at Leith’s are like. Extra special need not mean expensive and affordable need not mean sacrificing taste. An ongoing partnership between Leith’s School of Food and Wine and Asda to […]
Walthamstow Bake Off
Walthamstow is but a ten minute drive from the official home of The Great British Bake Off at its filming location Valentine’s Mansion, Ilford so I was intrigued to see who would take part in The E17 Bake Off. East End home bakers presented their wares upstairs in an East End pub to compete for […]
Daffodil Cookie Pops
The perfect spring, Mother’s Day or Easter sugarcraft baking project to make with kids. A bunch of daffodils epitomises this time of year however my google searches failed to uncover any easy Daffodil Cookie Pops quite like these. Take one basic roll out cookie dough, cut out stars, cover them with something yellow and dot […]
All Star Lanes, Westfield Stratford City
Westfield Stratford City is dangerously close to home. I can be there door to door inside 15 minutes. I have my own parking space outside Waitrose and am not far off from doing a Tom Hanks à la The Terminal and moving in. With much delight, joined by a bunch of other bloggers on the […]
Ready Made Cake Batter REVIEW
I’m not a big user of packet cake mixes but curious whether making cakes with children using ready made cupcake mix would be successful. What are the advantages? We have a furry visitor. Billy Bear goes on little holidays to visit all the children in my son’s class and this week it’s our turn. We’re sure Billy Bear […]
Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding
Marmalade bread and butter pudding isn’t just for Paddington, it’s an easy comforting winter pudding for the family and avoids food waste using up leftover stale bread crusts. Wallowing in winter, we have grown somewhat addicted to a bread and butter pudding each Sunday. When you’re not in the mood to do much, this comforting […]
Morphy Richards Daily Loaf Small Bread Maker – Great Little Gadget!
A guest review of the Morphy Richards Small Bread Maker by Rose, my latest as part of the Morphy Richards Home of the House Proud Innovator’s Scheme. Having received and reviewed the Morphy Richards Accents One Cup – and still loving it, I was taken with how Morphy Richards produces smaller and “boat friendly” kitchen […]
Spinach Frittata in a sandwich toaster
Spinach and goat’s cheese frittata recipe originally made for Cuisinart / Britmums in 2012. Post updated in 2025. Watching this grainy video how to make spinach frittata in a sandwich toaster, is cringy for me. (It was before iPhones recorded decent footage!) The idea to cook something other than sandwiches in this gadget, however, is […]
When I showed off my book cover
My new book Bake Me I’m Yours… Sweet Bitesize Bakes is due to be published by David & Charles in June 2012. Available now to pre-order. The past week has kept me busy with final edits to the book, Bake Me I’m Yours Sweet Bitesize Bakes. It’s fitting that the week I finished work on […]
