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This new BBC 2 series starts tonight at 8pm. In episode one Tom Kerridge welcomes three teams of pastry chefs to…

When baking shortbread cookies, substitute half of your plain flour with cornflour. It gives them a really nice taste. Before…

While sitting in the Doctor’s waiting room I picked up the usual magazines to read and found a Woman and…

1.When using two fillings (jam and cream), spread each one on a different half of the cake and then sandwich…

Did you know that the first one out of a pot is the weakest, so if you like strong tea…

This Tea club offers members – An eteaket teapot so you can brew your tea effortlessly and to the highest…

When brewing green tea, to help preserve its colour and health giving properties, do not use water at a lower…

If you run out of self-raising flour just use plain flour and add extra baking powder.

Moringa Tea is made from the leaves of the Moringa Oleifera tree. It’s caffeine free and is siad to have…

Butter If you know a cup of butter weighs 8 ounces, you could do the math yourself: 1 ounce =…

For a really moist fruit cake, use marmalade instead of candid peel.   Always soak your dried fruit overnight and…

For the flakiest upper pie crust, brush the top lightly with cold water before baking. To avoid your pie crust…

Twinings first flush darjeeling exclusive to Twinnings has ‘TWO’ 2012 first picked darjeeling teas, Chamong Tea Gardena and ‘Upper Namring…

Leave your cake on a wire rack in the tin you have baked it in for 10 minutes before you…

Shall I or shan’t I put a recipe book together using amazon ebooks? I have quite a number of easy…