When it comes to coffee, like many things, I'm definitely no expert but I'm very fussy. It may not surprise my friends or regular readers of this blog but I don't have much patience for fancy-shmancy pseudo-coffee drinks. You're likely to get a slightly odd look if you ask me for sugar in your coffee [...]
The plan On Monday, I told you what I'd be eating this week. Like many of you, I have a somewhat crazy, hectic existence, juggling work, home, family, friends, blogging, admiring handbags and more. Sometimes things don't go to plan. In fact, that is why I plan. It makes things easier when it all goes [...]
In my day.. In the good old days, life was better. Men worked and women stayed home, kept the house, looked after the kids and wore frilly aprons over pretty dresses. photo credit: KimmiK Everyone knew their place and life was simple and modern issues of career vs career and whose turn it is to [...]
There's nothing more empowering than having your apron strings untied from the sink. Unless you get untied from the sink so that you can trot off in a wool suit to your box on the terrace for every daylight hour and more besides, after which you will glamorously engage in up-to-the-minute witty banter with 40 [...]
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Beyond Beeton is a post-modern guide to household management inspired by Mrs Beeton’s 1861 Book of Household Management.