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

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

Bread comes in so many different types, from bagels, ciabatta, tortillas, potato, garlic, you name it you will find one…

It’s worth a visit to the lovely Georgian village of Easingwold to appreciate the lovely tea rooms and cafes available.…

I have just published my book ‘A Little Book on Tea Cake & Chocolate’, which would make a great gift for…

We are not talking about herbal teas either, but real tea: Camellia sinensis. You don’t need a large garden to…

Now Autumn is well and truly kicking in, the nights are starting to draw in and the mercury is on…

Before icing a cake, sprinkle the top with some flour, this will stop the icing from running down over the…

We had a recent one week’s cruise to Bruges in Brussels, Copenhagen and Skagen in Denmark and Oslo in Sweden.…

The Dairy Box of Home Cookery by Emily Anderson is a special anniversary edition of this book celebrating 50 years…

Babycham was created in the 1940s by Frances Showeing where it became one of the first drinks actively promoted to…

The Vintage Tea Party is a baking cookbook, but much more than just your average baking book by  Angel Strawbridge (Author). Its…

The hardware shops of the fifties were where you could get most of your household goods as supermarkets were not…

A bit of vintage memorabilia… ‘Lux Sunlight Flakes’, which was a pure soap in flake form, shaped like tiny flat…