Today I made cookies with my daughter Poppy for the first time. My wife Emma was working today at the local school so I thought it was a great opportunity to do something different with poppy, something special that I can do well with her, so cookies it was. I used a recipe that did [...]
I have just taken delivery of my new cookery book Simply Good Bread and it is for sale in the cafe priced at £15, we are also planning to sell the book through Amazon uk. The new boo is all about making your own bread a little easier, by using a Panasonic bread maker. This [...]
Introduction Wild mushroom season is up on us, they’re are mushrooms growing all over the UK that are edible. I personally dont pick the mushrooms myself as it is a very specialized subject and the people that go out pick them have been learning there trade for years, so my advice would be to get then [...]
Blackberries are just starting to show in our countryside, So get yourselves out there and get your share, take the kids it will keep them busy for hours Ingredients 1 bottle of cheap supermarket vodka 1 vanilla pod 2 tbsp of castor sugar 20 blackberries Method This ones a nice simple one, just pour out a [...]
We have been trying to make our scones in the cafe that little bit different, so I went to work on creating something that little bit special. I came up with passion fruit curd it has an amazing fruity & fragrant flavour that blows me away, so much so I sent a jar of curd [...]
Blueberry muffins you’ve got to love them, they are our best seller in the café, now that the lavender is in full flower in the garden I thought I would fuse the two flavours together. Last time I was at the BBC Good Food Show I tasted a fantastic jam with both Blueberry and lavender. [...]
I am just working on a new cookery book, it is about baking bread for the family and everyday life Panasonic (Bread makers) and Carr’s flour millers have sponsored the project.
Last week I met with the new Chief Executive of Slow Food Uk, Catherine Gazzoli. We met in the cafe off the back of a recommendation from Sauce Communication a major PR firm in London.
My cousin Gen contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if she could write an article about me, I thought she did such a great job I should post it on our website, she is hoping to become a food writer.
Having just watched an episode of Kitchen Nightmares on Channel 4 last friday night,
