Titanic’s Apple Meringue Pie and…Desserting Cruising

I’ve never had much of a desire to go on board one of those massive cruise liners stuffed to the brim with thousands of others with floating casinos and dancing girls and 24-hour nightclubs and buffet roast and carveries and over-crowded decks etc.  But for others I realise this kind of a holiday is a […]

Fresh Fruit with Sweet Cream Cheese and…’Don’t Make a Scene’

When Arabella announced she had a new ‘true-love’ it raised more than my eyebrows. ‘What true-love?’ I asked. ‘His name’s Nick, mum.’ ‘Never heard of him.  Have I met him?’ ‘No and you’re not going to either’. Here we go.   ‘Why won’t I be meeting him?’ ‘Because he’s busy.’ ‘Doing homework?’ ‘Mum, he’s left school.  […]