On Saturday, October 3rd 2020, we joined in with the World’s Largest Coffee Tasting. I have to confess this event would have passed me by if it hadn’t been for…
Browsing Category Living
Knoops Chocolate Bar in Rye
Up the Landgate, just next to Tower Forge in Rye is a takeaway café bar specialising in…hot chocolate. (They do coffee too) We’re used to seeing speciality coffee shops, but…
Garden Diaries: July
It’s technically already August, but here are my observations and notes from the garden this July. In the raised beds let’s start with the salad… Salad leaves I had high…
Garden diaries: June
I’ve never been that type of person that wanted to spend time gardening. In the garden, yes, but gardening? Honestly, I love the idea of picking fresh fruit and vegetables…
Missing cafés and bookshops
I’m missing friends and family during this strange and unsettling period of isolation, of course I am, but the phone calls and FaceTimes go some way towards staying as connected as we…
A tiny taste of Spain (a visit to Macknade in Ashford)
It’s so nice when you go somewhere and discover something new to try. I get pretty excited by a new flavour combination, food that’s a bit different or just that…
No small wonder (Lunch at The Small Holding)
Lunch at the Small Holding Tucked away in a little countryside corner of Kent, The Small Holding is a hidden gem. It would be easy to overlook on a drive-by…
Four options for coffee at home
Alternatives to espresso or capsule coffee machines I’ve always been a bit of a devotee to espresso-based coffee. But if you don’t have a coffee machine at home or if…
Why I love Bake Off
Why I love The Great British Bake Off It will come as no surprise that I’m a big Bake Off fan. I know, right. Who’d’ve thought it? I joined the…
Stop! Don’t bin bread
Don’t bin bread! We all know that we should be doing more to cut down on food waste. Apart from the fact it’s well, wasteful, throwing away food has an impact…