Life Changes....

Mum did so incredibly well while Dad was ill and after he died. In fact, almost too well. But I guess it took it's toll on her in other...

Have I really not blogged since 2011? That's crazy..... Well here's one. And it's about cameras, chips and cheesecake. I boug...

Cranberry & Almond Granola 225g jumbo porridge oats 60g sunflower seeds 60g sesame seeds 60g flaxseeds (linseeds) 60g pumpki...

Remember the year when the shops ran out of cranberries because Delia used them in a recipe on her Christmas programme? Well I don't ...

Been wanting to try this for a while............. and seeing that it's now summer, I thought I would! It was fabulous and everybody who...

I've never eaten in a Michelin starred restaurant before, so imagine how excited I was to be going here: http://www.pipeandglass.co.uk/h...

Since buying le Glacier at New Year I've had two subsequent ice cream making attempts. After the success of the Margarita Ice Cream I d...

We're having a mexican themed evening at my brother in law's house tonight. This prompted me to volunteer to make Margarita Ice Cre...

I love pannacotta, so I had a go at making it for the first time this week. I had a load of leftover cream in the fridge from Christmas an...

I love mashed potato. Absolutely love it. To the point where I get quite upset if it is not done properly. We had two quite contrary experie...

I wanted to make Nigella's Chilli Jam last Christmas but ran out of time. Having bought the sugar jam and the cider vinegar, all I need...

It is coming up to two years since Dad died. I promised him a bench, looking out to somewhere nice, and I still haven't sorted it out. ...

http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Jan-and-Roy/ Our trip to Sri Lanka is posted on travelblog.......

http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Jan-and-Roy/ Our trip to Sri Lanka is posted on travelblog.......

Quick update - we decided not to do Yala park. Didn't want to take the chance on not having insurance cover.... having had to use insur...

As ever, immediately after booking a trip, I've become fraught with anxiety about whether I've put the perfect itinerary together. ...

Zanzibar and Ceylon were two places that conjured up exotic and exciting images whenever I read or heard about them as a child. I never act...

If only I'd known that Your Greatest Guide to Calories, 1990 edition, was now worth £10! If only I'd kept all my old diet books. If ...

Quick update on Christmas. Well, we had a nice time. Nice as in nice, not as in boring. My roast beef Christmas lunch went very well. At the...

My Christmas lunch menu this year is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Smoke...

I've been collecting food blog links for a little while now (I guess they replaced my Cancer Website collection last year). I LOVE to r...

I mentioned my new G&B chocolate cookbook recently. Kate - who is Joe the lodger's girlfriend - was here last night and mentioned th...

One of my favourite things in the whole world (well the world of food) is a Millie's Muffin. http://www.milliescookies.com/products/muff...

No idea what to call this blog, so have just dated it. It is a miserable, cold, windy and rainy day - so the walk to Temple Newsam did not h...

So now it is dark by 5pm and the trees are absolutely stunning this year. I don't know if it is because we had such a wet summer but th...