2013 has been a roller coaster of a year for myself but, with lots of fantastically fun shenanigans throughout, I can tell you! In fact, life really has changed within the last 12 months, starting with a redundancy in my day job (I was working in Customer Service & Social Media Marketing for a well known online retailer throughout 2011 & 2012), which
I never thought I’d see the day that I would be stood over my kitchen sink starching my linen… it’s a task that I now very much enjoy as a guilty pleasure from time to time. There, I admitted it, much to my own mum’s amusement! From the wringing of the wet napkin to get as much of the cloudy water out of them as possible through to the ironing of the damp material right down to the satisfying sound that
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I’m a cake loving girl, if you didn’t know this by now, where on earth have you been? ; ) 2013 has seen me judging with the team at the Cambridge Bake Off competition through to enjoying & reviewing afternoon tea tiers across the region, even chatting on the radio about my sweet tooth and appearing on ITV’s “The Alan Titchmarsh Show” (see the video clip here!) to waffle about dunking biscuits
It’s that time of year, where all shops and adverts will push on you is the usual Christmas fare, you most certainly know it’s Christmas time when you hear that famous fizzy drink advert that will drive you crazy for months. Mince pies, Panettone, advent calendars, gingerbread and the more traditional Christmas cake, decorated beautifully with an assortment of marzipans, icings and decorative splashes to please the
With the countdown to Xmas upon us, combined with the fact that I am currently unable to eat anything naughty (or my personal trainer will throttle me with her own bare hands potentially!) and of course, the fact I actually forgot to buy myself a calender this year… oops. I have decided to run an online countdown to Christmas and Advent calender alternative in the form of an etiquette tip each day to keep you entertained
I was recently offered a superb and rather exciting baking opportunity – I was asked to review the latest model of the Kenwood electronic kitchen mixer range. I wasn’t going to turn down this sort of offer, it was simply too good to turn down and geek out in my kitchen with a brand new (and very shiny) toy! Introducing the Kenwood Titanium KMC010 The Offer In Question: In exchange for my mixer (thanks to my lovely
Biscuit Dunking seems to be our nation’s favourite pastime (next to cricket and quietly queuing pointlessly for hours on end) and I was recently asked to talk about why dunking your digestives into a mug of steaming hot tea is not the “done thing” from an etiquette perspective. See the video here! A recent poll suggested that out of 600 people who were quizzed about their own personal biscuit behaviour a sur
… Tea at The Ritz – The real AND honest reviews! As you may know by now (and if you are new to my blog, welcome and you will very soon learn!) I have a rather unhealthy infatuation with afternoon tea, Downton Abbey, housekeeping & household management and with all things well mannered. And with these passions, I plan to share my thoughts after each episode over the coming weeks with you. The fourth series of D