This beef and Guinness pie and a couple of good cheeses and tiramisu; this was our impromptu plan for dinner last Saturday night. We asked another family over and happily, they were free. I always feel defiant about entertaining at this time of year because the fact is that it’s never going to be as easy…

The school holidays will be over after this Friday; I have mixed feelings about that. I love the break from the daily school and work routines and hanging out with my kids, but if we don’t go away anywhere then managing everyone’s activities and different needs and energy levels can become quite a bit of…

On Sunday I celebrated having gone on a walk every day last week with a second glass of wine at dinner time. There’s still plenty of autumn colour around our parts, despite its being the depths of winter. And it can be quite warm if you can find the right spot, which is one reason we…