Summer afternoons that turn into late nights once the sunset starts to do that hypnotic thing which encourages you to make a party of it. Those of you who festival will know that hour; you’re happy and relaxed from a great day with good friends, giggled way more than you usually do and eaten delicious food and can’t see why you don’t do this ALL the time. This is the…
Last weekend I attended the Sisterhood Camp in West Wales to do a campfire cooking and cocktail demonstration. The recipe below is the cocktail I made (Mocktail recipe to follow soon) and I wanted to show that cocktail making for a large group is perfectly easy. Jugs are the answer here so that you aren't mixing and shaking lots of different small amounts on repeat and getting rather hot and…
I'm all for a fancy meal out but sometimes the Valentine's Day meal needs to be a meal at home. Intimate, low-key and a budget of your choosing. Before you start on the fizz and you're fixing the meal, sip on this delicately floral cocktail while the love of your life tells you all about their day. (more…)
Some people take their Baileys straight up, some add it to their coffee, the Flat White Martini takes it a stage further. Oh boy. Once you dabbled with this recipe from Baileys, you'll be whipping out your cocktail shaker at the drop of a hat. (more…)
Some people find whale music soothing or even panpipes but for me one of the most soothing sounds is ice crashing around in a cocktail shaker as its thoroughly shaken. Of course, our kids laughing and the sound of waves lapping the shore in front of our beach hut are priority number one sounds but it's that decadent moment that you have allowed for yourself to indulge in a face numbing cocktail…
We held a birthday lunch at our beach hut for my sister who celebrated a big birthday recently and rather than focus on the number, I wanted to focus on the girl. (more…)