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  • Blueberry muffin done
    Food, Life

    Take my blues away blueberry muffins

    Some days just call for a sugar rush and the ultimate of comfort food in the form of homemade cake. Homemade muffins, really, and the bigger, the squidgier and warmer the…

  • Three cocktails Rainbeaubelle
    Food

    Winter Cocktails To Try This Christmas

    Christmas party season is here which I reckon means cocktail hour can be any hour you like – for the next few weeks, anyway. I mean I love a glass of…

  • Belgrave sign
    Family, Food, Outings

    Belgrave Feast | Leeds

    I have a bit of a tick list of places I’d like to go out in Leeds and Belgrave Music Hall was one of them, until that is I took my…

  • Lavender and elderflower gins
    Food

    Lavender and Elderflower Floral Gins

    Regular readers of my blog will know I love a gin and tonic, from the time I sampled the local gin at Slingsby’s in Harrogate to the creation of a simple…

  • Roast peppers for Veganuary - Rainbeaubelle
    Food

    Veganuary – how did it go?

    For the month of January I was a vegan. Well – I was mostly a vegan. With the month behind us now, I think it’s time for a debrief on how…

  • Glasses for gin with Darlington high balls
    Food

    The gin bar in your kitchen

    The popularity of gin is so great that there are so many varieties out there to choose from – or should I say try. As a gin lover I have managed…

  • Filo pastry roast veg tart
    Food

    Veganuary – an update two weeks in

    I have been a vegan all year – well we are only just over two weeks into it but you know, I have been vegan for that whole time. It’s because…

  • Vegan chocolate from Raw Chocolate Pie
    Food

    Going vegan for January – Veganuary

    I have been vegan for four days now. It’s not a permanent lifestyle choice, more something I wanted to do to satisfy my curiosity. I know a few vegans and they…

  • Slingsby London Dry gin and tonic
    Food

    Slingsby gin and the Spirit of Harrogate

    Gin is most definitely having a moment. With every pub worth its salt now offering a gin menu, it’s a long time since the choice of your G&T was limited to…