13th February 2018
I’ve recently been sans oven, and it’s been a bit of a trial. My old faithful has a dodgy knob that I can no longer turn to ignite the gas. I’ve been trying to get someone to come over and have it seen to, but it’s an exercise fraught with uncertainty because one of two things typically happens: the service…
21st October 2012
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady Anna, Duchess of Bedford, was the wife of the seventh Duke of Bedford, and is widely credited with the very civilised custom of taking afternoon tea. During Anna’s time (1788-1861) it was customary for…
15th October 2012
I’ve been talking about this for weeks, but I’ve finally completely revamped Sybaritic Pleasures! Personally, I’m loving the blog’s new look and feel, but I’d love to hear what you think. Do you love it as much as I do? I hope so! I took one look at the blog the other day (as it was all coming together) and…
13th July 2012
It turns out that one of the most challenging things about food blogging is coming up with names for the things you’ve just invented. So plain old ‘Chocolate Biscuits’ wouldn’t do for me; I also didn’t want to go down the ‘Best Ever Chocolate Biscuit’ route. I think the words ‘best ever’ are subjective, like beauty; something that may be…