Ottolenghi’s Orange and Almond Syrup Cake – a Birthday Treat

Well it has been a long time since I blogged.  The last few months have been dreadful and I have  had little time or inclination to sit down and write.  But it is time to get back in the saddle. (Cue slightly strange pictures depicting said saddle getting) Firstly though I will  give you a feel…

A Delicious Bee Sting with a Bienenstich

Regular readers will know we have had the builders in for the last couple of weeks.  Our old shower room needed replacing thanks to Suffolk’s hard water wreaking havoc with the plumbing over the years (and a bit of 1970’s jerry building). The job has been proving trickier than we thought, so we have been…