When I told you about the giant apples yesterday I forgot to mention the even bigger (well bigger than normal) strawberries they had in stock. They were pretty pricey but they looked stunning, a vibrant red colour with the green stems still intact, I couldn’t resist. So I bought 4… nearly keeled over when it […]

When I was in the fruit market on Friday I spied some enormous apples looking tasty and in need of a pastry home! But then I got to thinking while I was going round the store that those ripe juicy pears would compliment this just perfectly and so my spiced apple and pear pie was […]

Nothing quite says TGIF than a Friday night curry and a marathon of comedy, which is what we did last night. We ventured round to our local bar (we haven’t been in about 2 years) and just had a cheeky glass of wine before dinner, we managed to pick the only night they have the […]

I’ve never actually been the Caribbean, so haven’t had the delight of trying authentic cuisine from that part of the world, but I would like to go some day. Maybe I can put it on my dream world trip list, it looks like a stunning location and those beaches!!! I sense this is getting to […]

I’ve been making cookies for a while now and trying to get the real crumbly cookie texture that I like without having to pack it full of sugar so I thought that combining my shortbread recipe with cookie extras I might get a bit closer to the texture I want.  Turned out, this works just […]