Just after Christmas I won a couple of food prizes on Instagram and Twitter. The Insta prize of a food hamper from Tropical Sun, includi...

The sun is out in full force, and today is a National Cream Tea day. Now, I might not be a proper Brit, but that's one of the aspect...

We have two huge old plum trees in the garden, they blossom beautifully in spring, but all the fruit is way up too high to reach, even w...

It's a contradiction - you wait and wait for holidays, but when they come, you find them as stressful as school days. This doesn...

Late summer and autumn for me means making preserves. I mostly use just plain granulated sugar, as many berries have a high pectin content a...

To honour the Queen's official birthday, this weekend is jam-packed with festivities and celebrations. Tomorrow is the day of the muc...

There are many Russian recipes, using cottage cheese or curd cheese, which is an excellent ingredient for both sweet and savoury baking.  Th...

Our weekly fruit and vegetable market is just on my way to school, and if you visit it later in the day, almost at closing time, you can...

The Indian summer is here, and it's a perfect time for foraging. Wild berries and fruit are now out in abundance, and who doesn'...