A lifestyle blog
. Well it was only a matter of time really. Though I swore I would never discuss politics on my blog because it always divides opinion, gets heated, and well, earlier this year I lost friends over politics so I am not prepared to open myself up to that again. This week though George Osborne said something that made me rage more than any other, and with one fell swoop
. The Secrets from Yiayia’s Greek Kitchen: Meze, Soups and Dips is a book I have been eager to get my hands since I first heard about it earlier this year. In May in fact, my lovely friend Sarah mentioned she was working on it. And then I promptly forgot about it, I am ashamed to say. Until last month when over dinner in Devon Sarah mentioned it again. That
. The third Thursday of November is known as Beaujolais Nouveau day. Started over 100 years ago it was seen by wine producers as a way to get rid of large quantities of wine and to get some cash in before the end of the year. And was a way to celebrate the end of another year’s harvest. In the 1970s this turned into a race to see
Pressure cooker baked cheesecake. I am a huge fan of baked cheesecake, the crunchy base mixed with the smooth topping is a combination I love. Add to that the tartness of some lemon, and some berries on the side and I am in pudding heaven. Matched only maybe by a warm chocolate brownie and a dollop of ice cream. For a dinner party on Saturday night I decided to do
<sigh> I am beginning to wonder if the sight of the Coke truck on TV triggers something in Janet Street Porter’s mind that means she has to suddenly become The Grinch. Or maybe it is the thought of having to spend money on presents that means she needs to write another click bait newspaper article. Four years ago JSP declared that working from home made you mad. I
Pressure cooker beer can chicken I hear you say. Has she gone mad? Nope I haven’t gone mad, this really does work. If you follow me on social media it won’t have escaped your attention that for the last few weeks there has been a new weapon in my kitchen arsenal: a pressure cooker. Known as the Fast Slow Pro it is made by Sage Appliances and retails at
A week overshadowed by world events wasn’t it? Where nothing else really seemed to matter and where events on the news really brought things closer to home into perspective. The photo above was taken on Monday morning as Mr worked from home and Bob decided to curl up and sleep in the empty fruit bowl and use Mr B’s mug as a foot rest. You can see who rules
. Okay so it is now after Ellie’s birthday and I can bring myself to talk about Christmas, and one of my traditions. Christmas is all about traditions and over the years ours have evolved as a family. The one that gives me the most pleasure in the run up to the main even though is baking that first batch of mince pies. There is nothing like making
. Who doesn’t love a greenhouse? I find them hugely romantic. A place to shelter from a sudden spring shower. A safe haven from a blustery afternoon when there are jobs to be done in the garden but there is also a cuppa to be drunk. A place where you can get organised. Piles of empty pots ready to filled jostle for position with trays full of seedlings
. Oh Charlie Sheen where did it all go so wrong for you? I feel like I have grown up with you and today the news breaks that you are indeed the actor rumoured to about to announce to the world that you are HIV positive. You are the chap who had to sit down on camera yesterday, after weeks of speculation in the press and confirm that it
. It won’t have escaped your attention that last weekend I was in sunny murky Devon on a blogger retreat, staying in a beautiful manor house called Amberstone Manor. It used to be a rectory and certainly has that grand imposing style of being “the big” house in the village, coupled with a homely and welcoming feel as you close the front door behind you and enter into the hallway.
. I don’t know if it was just because we were away from home and I was super relaxed, or if it was fact it was 10pm and we had been drinking wine since 3pm, but something happened on Saturday that I think might have been a bit of an epiphany. A bit of a life changing moment of “actually do you know what, you can do that and if
