Virago Modern Classics

I found these little cake pictures in the BestWay Cookery Book (Find  it at Abebooks.com), from the 1930’s along with a few others depicting food to gruesome to mention (Steak and sausage cake anyone? Or how about a corned beef block?). And I’m thinking of framing them and hanging them in the kitchen, cos they’re…

This post has to start with an apology. Recently I received an email asking me to write a list of films in my Netflix queue, and I thought, well that sounds like a wonderful idea, and then accidentally deleted the email concerned, because I am a space cadet in a polka dot pinny. So this…

I always recommend that new members kick off the Puttering Programme with the creation of a Comfort Drawer, a delicious idea from Simple Abundance, mostly because, before we get down to the nitty gritty of housekeeping, I want you to create a special little place all of your own… Sarah Ban Breathnach describes the Comfort…