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Know Your Thermomix: The Thermomix Spatula

The Thermomix spatula is a brilliant example of the intelligent design of the Thermomix TM31. The basics The Thermomix spatula is made from high grade, food quality polypropylene that is safe to use because it does not leech into your food. It is also dishwasher 

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part Three: Steam, Shore, Yorkshire Pudding and More

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part Three: Steam, Shore, Yorkshire Pudding and More

I have had two straight weeks of catering and if I told you everything in my kitchen was dirty, it wouldn’t be an overstatement. Thank goodness for my husband John who has been up since 8.30 this morning clearing up! It’s one of those days 

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part Two: My Heart Beats for Harry

The North Yorkshire dawn chorus begins. Birds of all kinds ease me into consciousness as the sun begins to rise above the horizon, bringing light to the valley below. I wake to the sound of … wait a minute. That’s not birds I hear now, 

Home Grown, Local, Delicious!

Home Grown, Local, Delicious!

Flash back two days. It’s Friday and I should be packing my suitcase to leave on holiday tomorrow but the sun is shining and I’d rather be outside. As I pull overgrown rocket from my raised vegetable bed I am serenaded by the rhythmic clucking 

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part One: Cold Spring up North

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part One: Cold Spring up North

We have just arrived in North Yorkshire for a week’s well-deserved holiday. After meticulously packing what seemed like the entire kitchen into the car for a week in a pet-friendly cottage, we set off for the 6-hour drive. The doggies were settled all snug in