Boozy Advent calendar round-up that includes giant gin calendar and spiced rum calendar too
Gin advent calendar is a great gift that allows you to discover new tipples. Or gift as a Christmas present, if you can bear to give it away.
Love Christmas cake? Here’s a recipe that yields a lighter sponge and is a joy to eat. Make a few days’ before Christmas, you still have time.
Sorry for mentioning the C word, especially in the midst of summer, but I am a little in love with this recipe for Christmas cookies. In my defence, the weather has been rubbish of late, the grey skies, chilly evenings and constant rain feeling deceptively wintry. Plus, this recipe doesn’t really have Christmas spices (like cloves or cinnamon), so it…
Yes, I know it’s chilly out there, but there is something so wondrously delectable about eating ice-cream in winter. You need to be aptly layered up if outside, but even better if you have a carton indoors, where you can smoosh onto the couch, snuggly socks intact, and tuck into your carton of the cool stuff. I went along to…
*Invite to review* I love anything to do with Christmas. From twinkly fairy lights (they should be a perennial staple and not just Christmas, oh the things I’d enshrine into law if I were prime minister) to spiced baked goods, it is easy to fall in love with the festive season and make like Will Ferrell’s Elf. If you’re out and about…
*Complimentary stationery from Rymans* I write. A lot. For clients, it is factual-corporate press release writing. For my personal writing, I can get a little more creative, and that is where the fun starts. Yes I may have the hand-writing of a five year old (make that six if I really concentrate), but I find the act of writing great…
Alex Bond, chef and owner of Alchemilla restaurant in Nottingham, shares some of his expertise and tips to help make your Christmas day stress-free so that you can enjoy the day with your family and friends. For most cooks, the biggest worry is that they will spend the day melting in the kitchen with a partially cooked turkey whilst their…
A magical festive forest awaits visitors to the Artisan Market at Heaton Fold Garden Centre this Sunday. A marquee filled with a display of Christmas trees will be open for shoppers to walk around on the day and for visitors to the garden centre in the run up to Christmas. Fresh wreaths, festive pots and a range of Christmas decorative…