When I saw this wrapping paper by Cavallini Papers and & Co in the Kew Gardens gift shop, I knew it was never going to cover anything other than my kitchen (...)
This is one of my favourite recipes from my book The WI Vintage Teatime and seems to perfectly suit these drizzly May afternoons. Pretty as a picture, this (...)
Studded with dried fruits and gently spiced, a warm buttered hot cross bun has become far too tasty for Easter alone. Most of the big supermarkets have noted (...)
Last week I was interviewed by BBC Food for an online article discussing the cost of tea and cake today. Read it here – and let us know your thoughts. Do you (...)
It’s been a fun and frenzied week of baking at Finchley WI. Last Sunday WI members donated a gorgeous array of biscuits, cookies, cakes and a rainbow of (...)
If only all afternoon tea could be served with a spoonful of Complicite. It was the creative learning arm of the renowned theatre company, that, this weekend, (...)
Everyone has a culinary short-cut up their chef whites. Or knows someone who does. Mine is to dis-obey the all-in-one microwavable method for the perfect white (...)
Happy Bank Holidays! If you’re preparing for a Jubilee street party or just fancy impressing your guests with a mouthwatering dessert, I can heartily recommend (...)
Out of the strong came forth sweetness - lyle's golden syrup recipe
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128 years and millions of tins later, Lyle’s remains a sweet cupboard staple When your ginger biscuit or flapjack recipe calls for a spoonful of syrup or (...)
Taken from A Cook’s Tour of Britain – a ‘sumptuous collection of more than 400 British recipes, both favourite and traditional, gathered through the (...)
Petit Pois’ gluten-free veggie cupcakes made their debut in the shiny aisles of Selfridge’s this March. A 54 per cent vegetable content means you can snaffle (...)
I’ve always felt a loyalty to follow exactly the methods and measurements of home-spun recipes. Estimating the perfect temperature for ‘golden’ biscuits or (...)
Bosworth jumbles: vintage biscuit recipe with historical roots
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This sweet biscuit recipe might be about as vintage as they come. It’s said to have been picked up on the battlefields of Bosworth, having been dropped by the (...)
I made two batches of this yummy loaf last night. Taken from the WI website (view here), it is is no way vintage. For this part I am ashamed but it’s just so (...)
