A visit to the Peggy Porschen café in London, soon after opening. Photos show the pink parlour has changed very little since my visit when I took a cake decorating class with Peggy. This post is part of a series. Updated 2026 · Original images made bigger and brighter. I am excited to present, for […]
Forever Nigella #6: Nigella Fish Recipes
A quick heads up that Forever Nigella 6 has been kicked off by Kat at Housewife Confidential.
Morphy Richards Bread Maker: Pros and Cons REVIEW
My Morphy Richards breadmaker sat there unloved for weeks. “I’ll get round to it,” I told my husband, “In the meantime you have bread in the fridge.” This post was originally written in 2011, after being given a review model of the Morphy Richards breadmaker. See the 2025 update below to find out how I […]
Tomato Loaf Bread Maker (Gluten Free)
Consider today a precursor to my long promised Morphy Richards’ bread maker review to be published tomorrow. I’ve missed many of my favourite blog events lately. To my joy, this month’s Fresh From the Oven hosted by Michelle at Utterly Scrummy Food for Families was for a favourite savoury bread and I already had the […]
Dippy Eggs and Asparagus Soldiers
When I said in the last post that I was planning a summer break, I meant from late July, not now! You still have me for a while yet! We have a little ritual in our house, after boring stuff like cereal hoops during the week, Saturdays are boiled eggs and Sundays are bacon sandwiches. […]
Chocolate Passionfruit Roulade
This cake was initially published here in November 2009. I am republishing it to submit to this month’s We Should Cocoa currently hosted by Chele with the theme “swiss rolls and roulades.”
Golden Jubilee Chicken Salad
Today’s dish is Nigella Lawson’s Golden Jubilee Chicken Salad from Forever Summer but shown on Nigella.com in a turkey version.
Gwyneth Paltrow Turkey Burgers
Turkey mince can be a bit anaemic but the agave nectar caramelises to brown the burgers. They’re still not that pretty but taste very good indeed.
Sausage Pie with Onion Gravy
Today I am delighted to welcome my first ever guest recipe post from another Sarah at Scrumptious Sally. Sarah was one of my earliest Twitter friends and she’s probably the only person I’ve come across who seems to remember even more obscure things from childhood than I do. Let me hand you over for an […]
Crussh Canary Wharf
Far from a geeky wheatgrass seller, Crussh quietly boasts a range broader than more familiar chains; on weekdays twelve soups are rotated from a menu of forty flavours.
The Waitrose Summer Party
I’m supposed to be blogging two Gwyneth Paltrow recipes today but I thought you might be more interested to hear about the jolly exciting Waitrose Summer Party at the V&A on Wednesday night.
Gwyneth Paltrow Notes From My Kitchen Table REVIEW
Gwyneth Paltrow Notes From My Kitchen Table, her first cookbook, is surprisingly appealing. But where am I supposed to buy duck bacon in the UK?
