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Even the best shop-bought or cottage industry jam can't compete with a good homemade batch. There are just three keys to making it well ...

I've been a late comer to Great British Bake Off but now I'm hooked. I have to admit that I'm in awe at how talented (most of) t...

A glut of oranges appeared in our fruit bowl the other day. They had been acquired to make Christmas decorations out of (stuck with cloves a...

Autumn is definitely here, and yesterday we went for a lovely long walk around Roslin Chapel, where we collected lots of sticks for wands, t...

"Not impedimenta , sweetie. Expulso is the best!" Gemma is sitting on the sofa with her laptop, helping Sammy get to the end of Ha...

As part of my ongoing battle against the fruit mountain which has been threatening to overwhelm us, I made some chutney yesterday. The main ...

We are caught in the middle of a fruit glut at the moment. Yesterday we went to a pick your own farm and returned with 5 kg of strawberries ...

I've been wanting to make jam for ages - it seems the natural accompaniment to my bread baking and pickling exploits - so we all headed ...

Nine months ago I started making a batch of focaccia in my kitchen, and today I finished! Okay, it didn't take me nine months to make th...

I did have a search on the web for other banana fritter recipes, but all I found were some rather disturbing reports of the practice of som...

This recipe is a really easy way of producing a nice fresh-tasting dessert. It's based on one sent to me by my dad Mike, who I got back ...