Economical Dinner Party Recipe for the busy Cook……Kipper Pate!

Everybody needs a quick, delicious and cheap Dinner Party recipe up their sleeve! Kipper Pate does not sound the most inspiring of things, but believe me when I say this is quite marvellous and will get you many compliments. And currently costing between £1 and £2 for a single good quality loose kipper from the…

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Sailing, Swimming and Scenery. East Coast Cruising, July 2019

How much fun can you have on your own boat without going too far, or spending too much money? This was what I wanted to find out. The weather looked perfect, Ranger’s fridge was stuffed with food, and we had 30 bottles of wine on board together with Gin, Brandy and Whisky. No ghastly airport…

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When Dog Food Is Cheaper Than Feeding A Family

  It was when Poppy, my stratospherically brilliant working cocker spaniel got yet another digestive upset, from scavenging (probably in my very active compost heap) as she is very wont to do, that I found myself going once again to Tesco, this morning, to buy some chicken and rice. For all you dog owners who…

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