Eating out with children in Lyndhurst New Forest
After a recent break in the New Forest, I share our experiences eating out with children in Lyndhurst for lunch and dinner
Food & Drink
Eating out at The Falcon, Warmington – review
While we don’t eat out for dinner every month, we do have a usual crowd we go out with on occasion. It’s quite a large crowd so sometimes you can’t go out with everyone, and the other week we decided…
Cherry and chocolate meringue wreath
Whenever we go to dinner or lunch at friends’ houses, the women usually bring along a dessert. Yes, there’s always pressure not to have your pudding the one that’s hardly been touched. Meringue is always one of the first to…
Easy homemade food gifts including how to make candied oranges
Every year I make the family members homemade food gifts. Now we’ve all got children, we buy presents for the kids, and don’t bother with the adults (except the in laws). The rest I do family gifts, and that means…
Afternoon tea at The Delaunay and other London eateries
I’m terrible when I’m away for a weekend break or a holiday. So much of the structure of my day revolves around food, and when I went away for the weekend for my 40th, we certainly made the most of…
Eating out in St Helier Jersey on holiday
Eating out in St Helier Jersey on holiday was our usual wander around trying to find new places. Read our experiences eating out
My ultimate chocolate brownies recipe and variations
I love chocolate. Cakes biscuits, confectionery. If it’s chocolate I’m there (hence me being on a diet!). I can bake cakes, but chocolate brownies are so much easier to make. And they’re versatile because they can be eaten as dessert,…
The Maytime Inn – a lunch review
I’m never one to turn down good food, and I’m always on the look out for new restaurants to add to our usual list of haunts. So when we were asked to try out and review the refurbished Maytime Inn…
Eating out at the delicious Brava Tapas restaurant Banbury
While I love food, and will eat a fair variety, I can also be quite fussy. I’ve never really had tapas before because I’m not a seafood fan, can’t take too much spice, don’t like olives and always thought I’d…
The easiest (and delicious) pear and chocolate tart ever
Looking for a chocolate tart recipe? I love pears and chocolate together, as proven by my love of Nigella Lawson’s pear and chocolate pudding for last minute dessert needs. Now the weather’s (in theory) a bit warmer, a lighter dessert…
Visiting Castleyard cafe and mooching round Oxford
I tried out the revamped Castleyard Cafe at Oxford Castle for a lunch review and enjoyed a photo walk around the city centre