When we heard Dominique Ansel was working on an afternoon tea, we were all ears. Their cakes and pastries (and of course, their Cronuts) are beyond exquisite, so we just knew this was… Continue reading
We all know the saying ‘they look too good to eat’. Well the cakes at Cutter & Squidge definitely fall into that category. Luckily they also fall into the ‘taste far too good… Continue reading
It’s not very often that you get ten days of glorious weather in the UK. When you have gambled your only family holiday on the notoriously wet and windy west Wales coast, 27*C… Continue reading
It takes a lot to drag us away from the Kentish suburbs into London on a weekend. Yes we adore London, but the city is for work days, weekends are for home. But… Continue reading
Every year it’s down to me to sort out a cake for my mother and brother-in-law’s birthdays, that fall one day apart. The cake must travel all the way to Wiltshire, to be… Continue reading
It seems to us that the trend of street food is going nowhere fast. Even Comptoir Libanais is joining in with some typical Middle Eastern street food dishes on their menu. Their Facebook… Continue reading
Quickly read through these questions… 1) Do you want to stay in a relaxed atmosphere where you feel you are visiting friends rather than just staying in a guest house? 2) Have you… Continue reading
When we first rolled into Old Amersham it all looked strangely similar as if we’d been here before, and I’m not talking in a spiritual past life kind of way… It’s just that… Continue reading
Street Feast night market, Brick Lane www.streetfeastlondon.com A new Friday night food market at the Sclater Street Car Park, the site of a former Victorian bird market off Brick Lane, with eight of… Continue reading
To celebrate my in-laws wedding anniversary we decided to treat them to a bit of afternoon tea and burlesque at Volupté. Friends and colleagues didn’t feel comfortable about me using the words in-laws… Continue reading
The guys behind Rock Lobsta created a pop-up Launderette-style super club in Shoreditch last week – the English Launderette. If we’d been able to go when it first started, this blog would’ve been… Continue reading
It has been non-stop for Edd since winning The Great British Bake Off last year and we were so honoured to have him bake our wedding cake for us last month. We have… Continue reading
We were after a special cake for my mother in-law, brother in-law and my sister in-law’s husband’s birthdays. No pressure then. I had spent some time googling, and did a call out on… Continue reading
