When was it we invented ‘Brunch’? It reminds me a few years ago when one Hollywood star dated another and we morphed their names into one-Jennifer Lopez (J.Lo) and Ben Affleck became ‘Bennifer’ Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had to endure ‘Brangelina’. The wonderful Wikipedia lets us know this: The 1896 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary cites Punch magazine which wrote that the term was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe a Sunday meal for "Saturday-night carousers" in...Read more

Prue Leith co-founds new premium meal delivery service for time poor real food lovers. Deli At Home founders include Yoosli owner Markus Niemeier and Michelin Star trained Chef Brian Collie Well-known television presenter, restaurateur, caterer, journalist, cookery writer and novelist Prue Leith is one of the founders of Deli At Home, the new premium meal delivery service for time poor real food lovers. Says Prue “I am delighted to be part of the team that has launched this new meal...Read more

Biscuits-not flowers The day after the dinner party, bit hung-over did everyone enjoy themselves?, crickey! did I really tell ‘that story’! then the bell rings-flowers a thank you note –all is well! Nothing amiss with this scenario I hear you say, well I beg to differ, I’ve stumbled across the most ingenious of websites offers beautiful biccies in place of the more traditional thank you methods. A company called Biscuiteers (www.biscuiteers.com) have dreamt up and then baked batches of biscuits...Read more