Seriously though, what’s for dinner? Why can that one question be so hard to answer sometimes? Too much choice? Not made a plan? Fed up with counting the calories and…
Sandwiches for dinner (Max’s Sandwich Book)
A Monday night, mid-January. It’s dark. Christmas is a distant memory — unless you’re the house down the road with their fairy lights still resolutely twinkly through the dark damp…
Favourite Festive Foods
It’s the first Christmas since I started my little foodish blog, so how could I let that pass me by without a post about festive foods. Now, writing about what…
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…
Easy as pie
Pies, glorious pies From our Cornish pasties to our Melton Mowbray pork pies, to our pie, mash & liquor, we celebrate our pies historically, nostalgically and sometimes even divisively. Whatever your…
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…
Legendary Kentish Food, Gypsy Tart
Somewhere in Kent, some time ago… Delata moved around the countryside as the seasons changed. She was carried by the breeze through the fruit trees, picking cherries in the sun,…
Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache
Red Velvet & Chocolate Heartache This isn’t a book review, more of an observation about a book that’s been part of my kitchen for nearly 10 years: Red Velvet & Chocolate…
Putting one foot in front of the other
I love running. I also hate running. There are times when I run regularly. There are times when I miss weeks after weeks. Then I’m back to the start, a…