School is back tomorrow. To sweeten the bitter pill, Eddie and I made a big batch of Toffee Marshmallow Crispies yesterday. Having read...

Russian cabbage soup Shchi takes a place of pride in the national cuisine. According to the historians, this dish was known in Rus lon...

Reconstructing dishes mentioned in fiction is one of my passions. I've recently finished reading The ghost of Glendale by Natalie Kl...

We all make mistakes, and some of our blunders come to haunt us years later. Terry Pritchard who is affectionately known at Brindle Pub...

The Woman in the Wood by Lesley Pearse is a compelling family saga set in the early 1960s. Fifteen-year-old twins Maisy and Duncan are ...

Having watched the spectacular Poldark saga, I bought the first two Poldark novels by Winston Graham in The Book People, and then stumble...

Torta della Nonna or Granny's Tart is one of classic Italian recipes which has as many versions as there are Nonnas in Italy. I...

I recently discovered Shetland series on Netflix, and totally fell in love with the location and detective Jimmy Perez. I headed to The ...