We had three companies round to quote for a new front and back door, two were smallish local companies and one was everest. Everest quoted £7,000, they were the first to quote. The two local ones...
We've been to chotto matte in London which is an unlikely fusion restaurant of Japanese and Peruvian cuisine, and actually really enjoyed it, very tasty and interesting..if a bit noisy. Tonight, after...
No, no don't throw it in the recycling, I'll have a browse...one minute and four pages later, it's in the recycling bin. Seems such a waste of time and effort to deliver these door to door, I can't be...
..is almost like moving house, you have to find a new place for all your bits and pieces! And then you can't find anything!! I'm not a 'handbag' person, they're just a necessity as far as I'm...
Contemplating having a bash at making some pasta from scratch. Have you done it? Do you always do it? Is it worth the faff? Is it significantly more scrumptious than buying fresh pasta in the shops?...
Am currently in the kitchen fiddling around with our evening meal whilst partaking of a glass of villa Maria Sauvignon blanc (only one day left for the Costco offer on this delicious wine) and a few...
So, I understand the technical side of the above, I'm wondering how it works in practice though. For those of you who've got/had one, what happened after you put it up here...did you get inundated...
Due to circumstances, my five a day has recently had to change. Today I had them by way of five jammy donuts, freshly baked and delicious. I suppose I could have restricted myself to one or two but by...
The weather is so awful and the grey day was stretching ahead so we decided to treat ourselves to breakfast out...eggs benedict for me, and a breakfast bap for him. It was the second best eggs...
Just been reading about this film, due out on 5th September, which might appeal to any foodies out there, starring Helen Mirren and food, what more could you ask?? Have put it on my 'definitely go and...
A few food related questions for anyone who has crohns disease.. During a flare up, what foods do you find make things worse? Again, during a flare up, what foods can you tolerate which you really...
Do you have one? What's it like? I have a brown chest type one with a lift out tray. It's made of pretend leather..ok then, plastic...and the plastic is cracking and flaking off, it is years old...
Dont buy them (from Costco) as they are totally addictive. Worse yet, they're on offer at the moment too. I never eat peanut butter, hate the stuff, but these delicious little nuggets of sweet/savoury...
I'm wearing a pair of white shorts and a lose top, no bra. Am I dressed appropriately for a hot sunny day in the garden, having chatted to the neighbours and pulled a few weeds up? Tomorrow I might...
So, what are you all having....a BBQ, pizza (ha ha), take away, pub grub in anticipation of the footie, something else???
We're having leftovers from last night....
Last Sunday we had reason to stop for half an hour on a motorway service station so had a costa coffee to pass the time. While we were sitting there, we watched a couple not in their first...
Tonight we're having the above with rice, samosas, bhajees, garlic naan and peshwari naan, also lots of wine, beer and g &t as we have friends coming round. I just love this type of curry, the...
What do you think of this programme starring Ricky gervaise (quite apart from whether or not you like Mr. Gervaise and starred someone else)? Personally I think it's in really, really bad taste and...
NoM, I believe you may be looking for ideas for bake off cakes to make. My youngest made a four tier rose and almond round battenburg cake when he was involved in a work place bake off...and he won!...