
The Endless Delight of a Chocolate Chip Cookie
A perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe for all your cookie needs – chewy, gooey, easy, and delightful.

2023 Book & Blog News, Plans, & “Plans”
All about changes to the blog, books to expect in 2023, and travel that’s happening (all very realistic plans, honest …).

December Means Books: A 2022 Reading Round-Up
A round-up of my reading in 2022 in characteristically disorganised but enthusiastic style, featuring pandemics, big bad wolves, and not-vampires.

French Food Part Two – Sophie
A second instalment of fantastic French food, this time featuring crêpes and gougère. And cheese. Lots and lots of cheese.

French Food Part One – Sylvie
Two easy recipes from France – soupe au pistou and mushroom risotto made with foraged mushrooms because life is amazing sometimes.

7 Things – the France Version
Seven wonderful things – and a plague of photos – about the south of France, and Antibes and Caille in particular.

7 Things – the UK version
A very photo-heavy list of fun things from the UK leg of the trip, including story settings for upcoming books.

The A-Z of the Booklover’s Life
A very serious look at the important ingredients in the reader’s life, because these things matter.

An Absent Blog of Bookish News
Revealing the name of the seventh Beaufort Scales book, plans for the coming months, and being offline.

Serial Killers, Aliens, & Very Angry Zombies
A book chat containing surprisingly few books, but some thoughts about changing reading patterns and book love.