Modica the city of chocolate, is a vibrant Baroque town in the south of Sicily. In the sixteenth century, as Spanish conquistadores were...

Is there a season for eating chocolate? I personally don’t think so. Chocolate for me is the ultimate comfort food, a sure-fire stand-by...

With Easter fast approaching, the supermarket shelves are piled high with chocolate eggs of all shapes and sizes. One of the different...

Maybe its because our children are finished at Primary School or maybe it is because this week we have had so much more exciting news...

Another busy week has rushed by and as I write this the house smells delicious with gingerbread cooking and cranberries simmering ready...

Back to school too, I hope you all got my blog from last week which I focused on snacks and lunchboxes, where did the summer go? If you...

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

Yes it sounded very strange to me initially – chocolate and cheese? really? You may be surprised, but chocolate and cheese are rich,...

We have been so lucky with this beautiful Spring weather the past few days. Normally it never happens in the school Easter holidays!  As...

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

Fairtrade Fortnight 2017 starts this Monday 27th February and runs till Sunday 12th March 2017. It is a massive worldwide campaign that...

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

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...

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

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...

Ingredients: 2-3 vacumn packed beetroot 2 ripe bananas 120ml cooking oil 160g coconut cream 275g plain flour 50g cocoa powder 1 tsp...

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...

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...

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

This great recipe comes via Ruth Hinks and you can watch the video on You Tube. Makes: 6 ramekins Ingredients 225g  70% dark chocolate...