Interesting read and quite timely as my blog last week was questioning the future of our cookery skills.  Waitrose Weekend newspaper –...

This time we will be making some summer recipes : picnic ideas, preparing seasonal fruit and vegetables and summery sweets! “Cookery is a...

This time we will be making some summer recipes : picnic ideas, preparing seasonal fruit and vegetables and summery sweets! Date:...

Been a really interesting week of food… and it really has prompted the question what is the future of cooking? I hear more and more...

Kefir or kephir (/kəˈfir/ kə-FEER), alternatively milk kefir, or búlgaros, is a fermented milk drink that originated in the north...

There is associated snobbery about frozen food versus fresh when it comes to fruit, meat and fish. We have all been known to shove the...

Thursday 6th April 2017  – Crockham Hill Primary School, Hall and Kitchen After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative...

Wednesday 5th April – Crockham Hill School, Crockham Hill, TN8 6RP After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas...

Thursday 19th April – Hazelwood School, Art Room After 8 years dedicated to food, Jo Banks brings creative recipe ideas together through...

Ingredients: 275g cooked beetroot 250g dark chocolate, broken into pieces 250g butter 3 eggs 200g golden caster sugar 1 teaspoon...

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...

We made these at my after school club with the children and they were all voted ‘very yummy’ by the children and all the Mums and Dads...

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...

These are more banana bars or banana cake slices but with the oats and being baked they sort of classify a flapjack. They are really...

Ingredients: A little butter 4 slices of bread 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons milk a handful of fresh mint leaves 2 handfuls of frozen peas or...

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

Christmas Muffins Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground allspice ½ cup light brown sugar 1...

Makes: approx. 18 shortbreads Ingredients: 150 grams plain flour 75 grams grated parmesan 100 grams soft unsalted butter 1 large egg yolk...

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...

A few years ago I went on a course to learn how to master macaroons. It is not an easy skill and quite time consuming but if you have...