Just before I went away to Poland (read this post) I was lucky enough to receive a box of the “Sleekster Cocktail Selection” chocolates from Hotel Chocolat.  I happily munched my way through them even before my home team England were knocked out of the Word Cup – but perhaps least said, soonest mended on that [...]

I’m just back from a week in the Polish forest, and thought I’d treat you all as my virtual bored family members and therefore share a few holiday snapshots.

I’ve read various posts around the internet by bloggers who, by their own admission, have just lost the passion for blogging.  They then apologise, before disappearing and leaving a once great blog to rot.  I was thinking about this recently while looking at my own blog and the infrequency of posting this year, which lead [...]

Smirnoff are vodka experts and are making the most of social networking’s popularity by having a Smirnoff Black cocktail mixing session tomorrow at 7pm (24/06/2010) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/sblackpopupbar).

Recent articles cite rapeseed oil as being good for reducing cholesterol, while being low in saturated fat (compared to olive oil), and high in unsaturated fats. But does it live up to the hype?

This month Julia at A Slice of Cherry Pie is hosting our seasonal food blogging event “In The Bag”, and we’ve got a great one lined up.

In amongst all of the snow slush, I’ve somehow managed to salvage the entries for Christmas 2009′s Seasonal Food Blogging Event “In The Bag”. For this even I challenged food bloggers to come up with a dish using the ingredients of cranberries, clementines or mandarines, and nuts. We’re not exactly bursting at the seams with entries, but what we have are corkers; check them out below.

I’ve been a little quiet with food blogging since the birth of Mia in May this year, and one of the things I just haven’t had time to be involved with is the great seasonal food blogging challenge “In The Bag”, which instead has been held by co-host Julia over at “A Slice of Cherry Pie”.

The challenge is on. Can you do an even better job of baking a Zebra Cake than Jane did?

It’s now more than 2 months since baby Mia (pictured) was born, and I still haven’t blogged a recipe yet.  I don’t really feel like I need to apologise (I’m enjoying time with Mia, working full time, and  studying for a degree from home – something I should have done when I was younger like [...]