Every year I meet up with a girlfriend of mine and we sneak out for a long lunch and a good gossip,…

My summer veggies are sadly coming to an end. As I picked the last of my tomatoes, there was just enough to…

I was doing a party the other day and had a few leftovers from the evening so thought that I would put them…

With many of my friends kids (including my own) back at uni, I’ve been asked to put some ‘survival recipes up for…

  One of the great things about getting older is that you  often have more time on your hands and you can…

With this burst of late summer sunshine I decided to make the most of the eating in my tiny garden in London.…

  Trying to get the kids and particularly the old man to eat their greens has always been a bit of a…

The fig tree has taken over my tiny garden and  resembles a scene from the film ‘Day of the Triffids!’ With this…

I have just returned from Amandola, a beautiful medieval town nestled in the Sibillini mountains in Italy. Unlike the UK, the locals…

I have been away for a few days and with the kids at home from uni the cupboards in my kitchen were…