Summer is dancing provocatively too close to autumn lately and we are all noticing the end of the season. I like autumn but only when it’s the end of September; I’m not too friendly with it in August when I can smell it fast approaching. This cocktail is a salute to all things late summer, which embraces the blackberry staining of your fingers as you muddle them together, the smell…
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…
At the beach hut I cook on a camping stove. We don't have any electricity at the hut and no running water. It's basic but that doesn't mean that what cook or drink at the hut has to be basic. I like coffee to be strong and full of flavour. Don't get me wrong I'm no coffee snob, instant has it's place with me but the fun of making coffee…
Another jugged cocktail for you only this time there's no alcohol. I know, I know but not everyone who comes to a party will be drinking. Some years ago now when I was heavily pregnant with our youngest I was invited to a party of a new-found friend and although going to a full-on late night party wasn't a the top of my priorities I really liked her and wanted…
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…
The sun is shinning and although it's still a little chilly at the moment, once we are tucked inside the beach hut wrapped in blankets it feels like summer isn't far away. Our boys are now big grown ups/nearly grown ups and spending precious moments together even if it's a quick hot chocolate or bite to eat before they head off to do their thing are like gold and treasured.…