Another week has whizzed past, sticking with no alcohol and watching the calories, who said this was a good idea? I have had to look...

So January is quite a dull month. Short of money as we are paying off credit cards and Christmas expenses, weather is very cold and then...

How was Christmas? it already seems a long time ago… It was a flurry of food and family for me but no snow until now! Generally it was a...

Thursday 16th February 2017 – Crockham Hill Primary School After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas...

So today the girls break up from school and the routine all changes as we have a couple of weeks of well earned holidays. Last night we...

I have been looking at what I think is ‘the thing’ this Christmas, for ‘foodies’ that is… and in my opinion its the ‘How to make’ kit… I...

Hopefully Christmas cake is made and pudding too, if you make it from scratch.  I have also made homemade mincemeat this year which I...

Our teenage daughter was born in the states, Tennessee to be precise so we used to celebrate Thanksgiving in a big way. It was a good...

It’s official the John Lewis Christmas ad is out… back in to London with BBC Good Food show today and feeling thoroughly festive. The...

Thursday 15th December 2016 Christmas Cake Decorating Workshop – Harris Room, Crockham Hill Village Hall Sally Boulton and I will be...

Thursday 8th December 2016 Christmas Cake Decorating Workshop – Harris Room, Crockham Hill Village Hall Sally Boulton and I will be...

Saturday 3rd December 2016 – Crockham Hill Primary School After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas together...

This was an extremely busy week. Back to normal after half term, and Halloween on a school night, which I can never remember! It didn’t...

It’s been a busy half term with Halloween cookery classes and ‘batty’ baking sessions. We have made ‘mummy sausages’ and spider webb...

A busy week for me.  I have been working on my Halloween cookery and practising a few ‘pink’ recipes for the Cancer Research day I have...

Loved the Cake and Bake Show this year. It was lovely to take my 10 year old daughter with me to enjoy too! We met the lovely Jo Wheatley...

As its Chocolate Week I have been busy experimenting. I have been meaning to do this for a while, baking with avocados! It really is the...

Its been one of those weeks, actually a couple now… car accident (not my fault), back door broke and then yesterday realised someone has...

What a lovely evening, in the middle of no-where – certainly was a ‘secret supper club’… Last night Sue and I ventured into the middle of...

Last Friday thoroughly enjoyed an excellent evening at the Vaults, underneath Waterloo. I have never ventured down Leake Street (sounds...