Wow! Christmas, pre during and post, was BUSY! Lots of time spent celebrating the holidays with family, and mostly by eating, marvellous So rather than dwell on how quiet this blog has been let’s just move swiftly along and greet the New Year with a new recipe!  And what a fab new recipe it is too! I do like a cheeky pork pie, but Hubby isn’t a big fan of the jelly (understatement…), so when I saw this recipe in the Great...

More retro indulgance! Celebratory puff pastry nibbles that go down well either as party food or seriously posh TV snackage.

The Jubilee weekend was the perfect excuse to get together with family and celebrate with food, all with a bit of manic flag waving on the side!

Hubby’s rustic homemade guacamole, all zingy with the lime! Definitely one of my favourite things.

The first time I had these was in a fantastic wee pub called The Magnum, not far from where I live, that used to serve them as a starter with a sweet Thai chilli dipping sauce that just went amazingly well with the spicy peppery haggis.  I figured they couldn’t be that difficult, so I tried making them myself at New Year for my brother and sister-in-law and the results were none too shabby   Shamefully, I had to youtube “how to roll...

A few times a year, Marks and Spencer takes stock of these fantastic King Strawberries. They’re naturally sweet and juicy, which is surprising given their size — you can’t tell from the picture, but they’re each about the size of a large egg! They’re so good that you can (and should!) happily eat them on their own, but Fifi and I have always really enjoyed them dipped in a bit of melted chocolate.  As a bonus, you can easily dip plenty of...