From Page 100 of Val Stones – The Cake Whisperer! When my children were little I made these delightful buttery gingerbread biscuits, spending hours decorating them while I sang along to carols. When the children came home from school they would help me to finish the biscuits, decorating them with love and personalising them for…
From page 215 of Bills Kitchen We don’t start Christmassy stuff at the cafés too early but as soon as we start making these they are scoffed at a challengingly speedy rate. I love mince pies but I only love really good mince pies. What I want is a high proportion of mincemeat to pastry;…
We were delighted to have P.S. Lightfoot invited to take part in the BigLit Festival. Given the times we live in, it was impossible for him to be there in person, so we present below a 30 minute video with Mr Lightfoot giving an account of his great-great-grandfather’s unabashedly whirligig life. With interviews and readings by the actor Tim…
We’re very excited… our first children’s book has gone to the printer. This is a wonderful story of Arkyn and his friends and their encounter with a norwolf pup. Should they kill it? After all, norwolves grow as big as a horse and are hunted by Arkyn’s tribe. 8 -– 12 year-old readers will love…
From page 48 of Bill’s Kitchen. Go to our shop to buy your copy. These are proper thin pancakes, not the fluffy kind which I find less delightful. For pancake fillings/toppings, bacon and maple syrup or ham and cheese are joyous, but it’s hard to beat lemon juice and sugar. With these, try melting a…
Champagne corks still not popping. Our launch party for PS Lightfoot’s novel, Lincoln Lightfoot, has been postponed, as has much of ‘normal’ life. When better times arrive, it will be some party!
