Seems to be a global problem these useless dish/teatowels! I've found sokaing them overnight in household vinegar has 2 advantages: 1. prevents the colours from running 2. removes the c...

I just put on my fireplace dvd and light some candles, makes an amazing - psychological - difference!

This post made me smile; when I was 6 I left my brother's favourite record out in the sun on top of a ball I had been playing with and at the end of the day the record had slowly sagged over the to...

I use distilled vinger for so many things, but a 1001? I must check that website! The 3 things I use it for most are: 1. As a rinse after shampooing my hair (I'm in an area with ...

Three ginger related tips: 1. most of the taste and heat is just underneath the skin, so if you can avoid it, don't peel your ginger 2. ginger freezes well and also makes it easi...

I'm lucky enough to get a vegetable patch next year and right now I'm really getting into trawling the net to get seeds to start with next year. I'm looking for unusual coloured veg: yellow zucchin...

Hi Alec, boil it with water and some household vinegar and then remove from heat (keeping the vinegar water in the pan) add baking soda and leave to soak overnight. The vinegar will break any of th...

I made this chicken last night, served it with rice and coriander and some simple french green beens. I made a few slight changes: replaced the cinnamon for 2 star anise and I added a...

I've been doing this for a while too, it's so easy when I need to whip up a batch of cookies of brownies, or even soups and sauces. Tip: enter "gifts in a jar recipes" in web browser ...

Yep, according to the recipe, it's confectioners sugar. Baked for 3 hours at 200 degrees F. Looks great, I just have to try it!

Perhaps overly simplistic, but I just make my coffee in my normal perculator the night before. Normal strength adding the amount of sweetner I like. Put it in the fridge overnight and in the mornin...

I'm going to a shakespeare in the park evening soon and am putting together the picnic basket. What will certainly be included is: - potato / cucumber / carrot salad - some different fl...

Ever since I saw Patrick Blanc's vertical gardens in Paris (Musee Quai Branley, free access to the garden), I've just fallen in love with the idea of vertical gardens. However, the pr...

To alanadanielle88 - I always wear diving glasses or a pair of really big sunglasses when I chop onions. Works a charm! As for holiday cooking - I just cannot be bothered when it's wa...

Thank you Sodapresents, the website has already taken the link to the recipe down so I am very grateful to you for posting it here!

I absolutely LOVE it!

Love it, light, airy with it's own style! Particularly love the rug, can anyone name it? EvaInNL

Tying in to Amelia's suggestion, I always have a selection of different raviolis in the fridge. From them I make a simple soup which usually tides everyone over till dinner is ready. ...

Funny how things come around: our current-day carrots actually stem from a white/pale yellow wild variety and over the years have been culitivated to today's orange colour. I assume i...

I was inspired by a visit to the Quai Branley museum gardens last year and made my own vertical planter from a section of pvc tubing. I made a number of slots in the tube (which is about 2 feet tal...