February 16, 2015By Linda Parker

Well… from the depths of a freezing spell, weather-wise, and the doldrums and post-Christmas self-loathing that come when you mentally add up how many mince-pies and turkey sandwiches have been scoffed, I am trying very hard to be enthusiastic and positive about a sprinkling of New Year resolutions. They are quite simple … cook healthily, […]

February 13, 2015By Matthew Walmsley

1. Crush the Maltesers and digestives. This is best achieved using excited children with a rolling pin. 2. Break up the cooking chocolate and melt with the margarine and syrup over heat. Mix continuously until it’s all melted. 3. Take off the heat and add the crushed digestives and Maltesers. For efficiency do this yourself, […]

December 23, 2014By Linda Parker

If you’re reading about Christmas now, it’s a bit too late to start making home-made Christmas puddings and cakes. So … unless you are one of the ultra-organised home chefs who have already marinated their dates, frozen the home-made bread sauce and laid down a few bottles of home-made sloe gin or raspberry vodka you will be going to do the last-minute run to the supermarket on the 23rd Dec like the rest of us…

December 2, 2014By Linda Parker

For writers and reviewers, Christmas starts in July, with a host of events to launch the festive season’s goodies. As always with seasonal celebrations, there’s a danger of peaking too soon and getting far too fed up with all the Christmas razzamatazz before the day itself even happens…

November 21, 2014By The Kitchen Think

As part of our mission to find the world’s tastiest food we have arrived in the beautiful island of Malta to enjoy a classic Maltese menu… For dessert we have Mqaret Sweet Date Pastries – serves four people. If you have any tweaks, suggestions or you have tried the recipe and love it – let us know by leaving a comment below!

October 21, 2014By Linda Parker

It was only a few weeks ago that we were enjoying an early autumn hot-spell, & had got the barbecue equipment out again. It hardly seems possible that the nights are drawing in so quickly, & that I’m sweeping leaves off the lawn as well as collecting apples…