Baba ganoush Writing about the houmous recipe the other day reminded me of another beautiful little dip/sandwich filling that I love: ba...

1952 edition Mr Happy Larder is on his way to London to collect my mum from the airport whilst I finish making the last preparations.  T...

My mum will be coming to visit on Wednesday for a few days and I want to have some nice things prepared for when she arrives.  I made the ba...

Wanna play a game? There are days that are really busy and productive when I can't wait to do stuff and others when I find it hard t...

The sun came out a little this morning but still no bees buzzing in the garden.  I am really quite worried, especially after hearing about t...

It's been absolutely shocking weather here - yesterday especially we had torrential downpours and temperatures never got over 8 degrees....

I am slowly working my way through the handwritten cookbook I found the other day.  What a treasure trove it is turning out to be!  There...

When I was a little girl, one of our birthday treats was to choose our the cake for the day.  For me, it was always the same:  a sponge base...

Keith the dog has been keeping us up in the night - first he thought it was really important to bark at the scaffolding outside the house......

A batch of muffins cooling down Bread has to be one of the most satisfying things to make and eat.  In my view, there are not a lot of t...