Dumpsie Dearie Jam with Afternoon Fizz
Charlottes Brown’s Dumpsie Dearie Jam Dumpsie Dearie sounded to me just like the shouts of mums to a toddler who has scraped a knee on...
The Cherry Tree Delivers
It’s almost ‘that time of year’ again. Yes, Christmas, Xmas, the Festive Season, the Holidays, Yuletide. Whatever one calls it those days are just around...
First Preserves by Vivien Lloyd – review
Times are tough and we crave security, old-fashioned values and comforts. We are more likely than ever to eat at home rather than going to...
The Art of Preserving by Rick Field – review
This is a bumper volume of well over 200 pages of recipes, and the stunning photographs by France Ruffenach make this a coffee-table-quality book. Its...
One Pot of Jam from Your Microwave by Sonia Allison – review
Foulsham & Co. might not be the largest cookbook publisher around but they present some of the best small one-topic books. I have reviewed several...
Preserved by Nick Sandler and Johnny Acton – review
I love bottling, jam-making, marmalade-making and the like and I have quite a few books on the subject but Preserved is a little different. It...
Good Old Fashioned Jams, Preserves and Chutneys – review
Even the title of this book fills you with a warm feeling of comfort. Good Old-Fashioned Jams, Preserves and Chutneys is an old-fashioned and charming...
Figs – History and Recipe
Ficus carica, known to us as the common fig, probably originated in Asia Minor, and has been highly regarded as a major contributor to the...
Jams and Chutneys by Thane Prince – review
Well, the name says it all, Jams and Chutneys – Preserving the Harvest, and Thane Prince has penned this book choc-a-bloc with ideas, recipes and...