For many large organisations, a mission statement states its overall aim. On their website, The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) says their mission is “To create a world where women come together to learn, share skills and work together to become active citizens, influencing change to improve lives in their local, national and global […]
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Pressure Cooking Preserves
In 1948 when my Mother got married, women automatically stopped working, and her employer, Good Housekeeping Magazine, gave her a pressure cooker as a leaving present.
Three Fruit Marmalade Masterclass
With a few months to wait until Seville oranges are available in the shops, how would you like to develop your skills, learning how to make marmalade with all year round citrus and have some fresh marmalade suitable to gift during the festive season?
Kitty and Al Tait Breadsong: How Baking Changed our Lives.
Earlier this year I was invited to judge a category of the Guild of Food Writers’ Book Awards. I was reminded of the years spent as a librarian buying non fiction titles for public libraries. Would evaluating cookery books, forty five years later demand a different set of skills?
My Next Masterclasses
Devonshire Splits and Raspberry& Chocolate Jam Masterclass , Thursday 16th June at 6.30PM, planned to last up to 90 minutes.
Preserves Masterclasses 2023
I taught my last face to face preserves class in February 2020, unaware that the following two years would see the closure of Denman College, where I taught the majority of preserving courses and other venues forced to close for months at a time due to COVID restrictions.
Citrus by post
Following the craze for sourdough and banana bread during lockdown in 2020, Marmalade making became a go to activity during lockdown in the early months of this year.
Whole grain Sourdough at Home
La Fuensanta
Last October when I booked a trip to Seville
Baking with Marmalade – Recipes
Between now and the end of February, I have two precious months to juice, slice, simmer and boil the king of citrus fruits,