Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
This February we’re starting our Valentine’s celebrations early and have had a rather sweet and tasty start by making these fondant fancies. These cakes are so nice to receive as a gift or a favor and don’t have to be made only on Valentine’s Day. They are also perfect for Baby showers, Weddings and all [...]
Monday, January 25th, 2010
The right gift can occasionally be hard to think of. Especially after Christmas when you’re all spent out and the last thing you want to think about is buying more presents for people. But the fact is that folk are born in every month of the year and in my family we have a number [...]
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
The snow has gone (for the time being), the sky is brighter and what’s that??? The nights are drawing out by a few minutes each day! This means that inspiration is flooding in and far be it from me to stop it so I look forward to showing you all of my current projects over the [...]
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
It’s the eternal question? Do we have Turkey for Thanksgiving/Christmas or something else? Some folks, my Dad for instance, would never let us hear the end of it if we served anything other than Turkey on Christmas Day. A fictional conversation now takes place… “Do you remember when you served that other thing on Christmas [...]
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
How to Make Homemade Truffles Truffles are another thing that I’d put off making because I thought they were difficult. NOT SO! And the great things is that if you use the quantities laid out in this recipe you’ll have truffles coming out of your ears. These truffles not only taste scrumptious but make really awesome [...]
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
So, in light of yesterday’s revelation I thought that it may be a good idea to put my money where my mouth is and really explore all there is to do within the lazy, hazy days of Autumn and pottering about in general, all the while maintaining my slower pace of course. The simples that [...]
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Halloween is a great time of year, especially for children. Trick or treating, dressing up, apple bobbing, carving pumpkins… it’s all so much fun for the small ones. But let’s be realistic, not all towns, cities and villages are as safe as we would like to think when it comes to allowing our children out [...]
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
This I like. Seasonal colour. Berries picked from around the garden and hedgerows. Yellow, red, green and deep blue. Plonked in a jam jar that used to contain pasta sauce or jam and tied with odd lengths of ribbon that had been sitting in the drawer. I use this idea on my tables all the [...]
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Fig, Pear and Walnut Salad Recipe with Lunch Under The Tree I have filed this article in the Entertaining & Celebrations section of the site as well as the Food & Recipes section. There’s no one coming over, no event going on, it is simply lunch under a tree. The tablecloth is a piece of [...]
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
I still have a glut, a glut I tell you, of sweet peas. This comes from picking them almost daily and not letting the seed pods develop for too long. They have kept my vases filled for weeks, grown very tall and created a wall of sweet peas along one side of the fence. This [...]
