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… is a favourite phrase of mine. This time we’ve just got home from a long weekend in France with some of our favourite young people. I firmly believe that you really don’t have to travel very far to be able to immerse yourself in the food and culture of the country, so we wentContinue reading “Just back…”

Our weather has been crazy this week. It started off so cold that the central heating came on, a friend resorted to a hot water bottle to stay warm and we’ve had so much rain that our “butts”/barrels were overflowing. The hail stones were huge and the strong winds have ruined my peonies…. In spiteContinue reading “What a week!”

How refreshing to hear Gareth Southgate talking to Amol Rajan this morning. He was saying what many of us have known for the longest time – that not every young person needs to go to University (and leave with massive debts), that boys need to be taught differently from girls, that the curriculum of todayContinue reading “Words of wisdom.”

That’s a phrase I’ve often used when in the classroom, in the hope that it sticks in the minds of my young pupils. In the present day it seems that whilst many people are watching cooking videos on many platforms, I’m not sure that they are actually making any of the dishes themselves. Our viewingContinue reading “Eat well, keep healthy.”

As we’ve got older our family has decided that we don’t need any more “stuff” for birthdays and Christmas. Instead they have been giving us “experiences” – lunch at The Ritz, afternoon tea at Marco Pierre White’s Hotel Coco and the trip we took yesterday on the Poppy Line in North Norfolk. We’ve been onContinue reading “All aboard!”

We’ve always had a soft spot for Italy, after living there for four years, many years ago. I’m still a fan of Italian design as well as the culture and food. Some years later, whilst enjoying a holiday near Parma, renowned for its’ cheese and ham, I booked an afternoon cooking with a lady calledContinue reading “A slight change.”

The weather has been pretty good this week which means that the tomato plants are growing nicely in the greenhouse. We’ve got successional plantings of salad leaves too which are a bonus. I prefer not to buy bags of lettuce – the ones washed in spring water have to be used within just a coupleContinue reading “Busy days..”

That certainly seems to be true about our latest video… we uploaded Rock Cakes on Monday with the associated paperwork. Perhaps I should clarify…it is hubby who does all the tech stuff from filming and editing to typing the recipes and updating the website, so I can’t claim any credit for all that. However, IContinue reading “The old ones are the best!”

It’s been a glorious day here in our little seaside town today, just the sort of day to be out in the garden looking for weeds. I took it upon myself to do some judicious pruning of the Camellias which is a first since we’ve never lived anywhere long enough for them to need pruningContinue reading “Phew!”

The morning began as it usually does with the radio springing to life just before seven o’clock and the weather report but then silence – no pips to mark the hour. That made me take notice. What had happened? Did Amol Rajan forget to press the button? Well, whatever, I was awake. A cup ofContinue reading “Pipless Thursday!”