I can’t believe Easter is merely a few weeks away – my favourite celebration of the year and time to relax with family, friends and good food with the onset of spring just around the corner. Easter Roast Lamb I’ve spent a couple of Easters on the Greek island of Ithaca and their national customs […]
A spoonful of sugar…
Let’s face it, we could all do with something comforting to get us through January. With the media at saturation point with cleanses, diets, detoxes and exercise DVDs, we tend to approach the beginning of the year with a heavy heart full of guilt and self-flagellation. Let’s take a more cheerful approach…. While I wholeheartedly […]
Home-Made Christmas Treats…
Tis the season to be jolly, and it’s always jolly to be given a home-made foodie present, isn’t it? Little bags of sweet treats and cute little bottles of flavoured vodka make ideal gifts for teachers, neighbours and anyone else you think deserves showering with a little seasonal love. I’ve been making my Sea Salt […]
Sticky Fingers Cookery Club Does Halloween…
Ghosts and goulies, blood and gore – and quite a lot of sugar!! October half term and it’s another session for the Sticky Fingers Cookery Club. Having decided to run with the Halloween theme, I was spoilt for choice with ideas of things we could make, but I had to limit what we could achieve […]
Come for tea and see the garden…
For the second year now, I’ve been providing the teas for a stunning garden in Radcot, just outside Faringdon. Set down by the pond, based in the summer house which I bedeck with summer bunting, I serve an array of cakes with tea and coffee to hordes of hungry garden enthusiasts. I also run my […]
Have tent, will travel… and eat extremely well!
I never thought I would say it but I love camping! Having bought a traditional bell tent and styled it up accordingly with bunting and fairy lights, all that was left to achieve the perfect glamping weekend was a BBQ. But not just any old BBQ – oh no, this was going to be an […]
Summer food for a quintessentially English wedding
Well, we were stuck in the kitchen on the hottest weekend of the year! With two catering ovens and an electric plate warmer, my fabulous team and I worked tirelessly over two days to provide an array of summer food for a quintessentially English wedding. The canapés before dinner were a selection of Thai Crab […]
Canadian Influences on a truly British Wedding…
This weekend I have been catering for a union between a delightful Canadian young bride and her very English groom. The setting was the divine Old Rectory in Aston Somerville near Broadway, in the heart of the Cotswolds. The marquee was set in the fabulous gardens and we were lucky enough to have a whole […]
The best ever chocolate brownies…
I know there are millions of you out there all claiming to have the best brownie recipe ever…there is always room for one more in my opinion. I catered a wedding for just under 200 gorgeously glamorous guests last week and from all the exotic menu choices the couple could have chosen, the bride and […]
Summer Berry Meringue Roulade
This delectable, fresh tasting pudding has long been a favourite with my regulars – it’s so easy and quick to make, it’s embarrassing but why spend hours slaving over hot puddings in the summer when this go-to extravaganza will make you the envy of your friends with very little effort. Here goes: Summer Berry Meringue Roulade […]