When you're a foodie the concept of a relaxing tropical holiday can be fraught with danger. All too often the dining options are watered down for the tourist's palate or are untouched, untooled perfection hidden somewhere so far off the tourist trail that you spend the entire trip clambering through the jungle trying to find [...]
There's something so appealing about tiny, citrusy cupcakes, bursting with the peppery tingle of poppy seeds. Oranges and poppy-seeds is one of those combinations that just works. These cupcakes just work too - they can be whipped up in no time and I guarantee they'll be light, yet moist.
In my travels around the blogosphere I've found some wonderful recipes to make this Easter long weekend. I thought I'd share some of my favourites with you.
Tomorrow I am hosting the family Christmas do (again). Surprisingly (for anyone who has ever met me or read one of my blog posts) I'm rather relaxed. I'm keeping it simple. Ok, so we don't have an elegant matching decoration theme (unless you count half-chewed-by-cats tinsel strewn across the floorboards with baubles and other christmas [...]
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Beyond Beeton is a post-modern guide to household management inspired by Mrs Beeton’s 1861 Book of Household Management.