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OK…I did make this recipe up slightly, however they went down so well…and my guests have been asking me for the recipe….. So from memory it goes something a little bit like this….. Red Onion & Pancetta TartletsMakes around 24 Mini Tartlets (You can also make these minus the meat for a veggie option…I used the red onion mix and put some Red Leicester cheese in the mixture for my veggie guest a

THE APRON.  Pronounced [ey-pruhn]….   …. This word is actually really quite amusing me by now, as I have spent all day researching and talking to myself about them… literally!(I could actually see the puppy rolling his little eyes at me every time I rambled on at him about them hehe!) After wearing the new addition to my ever growing Apron Collection at last weekend’s Tea Party, I realised that I actual

The Secluded (New Year!) Tea Party was held on Sunday 30th January 2011 and boy was I shocked to realise that I was in fact …….Sold Out!?! …… I couldn’t quite believe it…I was going to be making and baking and creating an afternoon Tea Party for 14 people… ….Very nerve racking indeed!    I had planned my Tea Party with the sole intention of making sure that everybody enjoyed one

PB & J Shortbread The Boy Who Bakes!

After a very gluttonous Xmas and New year… and a few Birthday celebrations to boot already this year (!!!).…It has been no surprise that  have started to feel very deflated and……..at the same time…very INflated …haha….. So….back to Weightwatchers I go….Virtually of course….Online Weightwatchers to be precise…the fat fighters of the cyber world : )  Such a joy!&#

Why a Virtual Tea Party? Well, I have had so many people telling me that they would LOVE to attend my underground tea party, however are unable to make it for various reasons. I sat and thought about this, and decided that perhaps I could take the tea party to them in some way. ……This could mean packing up a cup and saucer, and a pot of tea and some cakes and delivering it to their door…..but what if they liv

I have been having a lovely email conversation lately with a local businesswoman who owns a clothing range called Trash Chic, where the lovely lady (Who calls herself Lady Fen – another Cambridge girl with an alter ego…I LOVE IT!!) believes that clothes are FUN!….And her clothing range really is!   She creates clothes from cast-offs and gives them a new lease of life in the form of some very exciting items! C

This week is supposed to be the most depressing week of the year…. Monday was apparently the worst day of the week…. making people feel low, and unwell and generally miserable (Who found this out and decided this was official enough to be newsworthy, I personally feel, is an idiot with too much time on his or her hands! hehe)……It, admitedly,  was heavy and dark with rain in sunny Cambridge on Monday mor

Every time I go to my bookshelf to look for something quite specific, I always annoy myself at just HOW MANY cookery cooks I actually have to peel from the shelves and onto the floor to get to the one that I need! This exercise is never a short one either…the book that I am looking for is most usually right at the bottom towards the back, and my living room ends up looking like Beirut within the space of approx 2 minutes