Any biscuit with a substantial amount of ground almond goes down really well with the after church cup of coffee. As I try to make a different biscuit each week, I was delighted to discover variant of this delicious Italian classic which includes the addition of dried sour cherries. The slight tartness of the […]

Here is a nice little hand embroidered monogram finished as I ratchet myself up to getting on with the other end of Balliol altar cloth. This lovely orangey-red (DMC 350) was much easier to sew than white on white, both in electric light and in the poor quality of daylight the bad weather has produced. […]