Any regular Butcher Baker Baby reader will know I love a good cookbook and a bit of food history. I’m one of those people who reads cookbooks for fun. Forget fiction, give me a bit of non-fiction of the food & drink genre and…
Back in May I was invited to the launch of a new hotel and restaurant in Birmingham called Hotel la Tour. Due to business commitments I had to turn it down, but as soon as I saw the afternoon unfold on twitter then read Katy…
If you haven’t heard of My Daddy Cooks it’s a fab blog that involves Nick and his gorgeous 4-year-old son Archie cooking in their little kitchen together. The blog started in November 2009 when Nick became a stay-at-home dad and both Nick & Archie began…
Although I teach children how to cook as a day job I don’t have children of my own so while at a family party to celebrate Guy Fawkes night I recruited two little helpers in the form of Cam and Immy to help me road…
I’ve been a fan of Mark Diacono for a while. He runs UK’s first climate change farm, Otter Farm, and is head gardener at River Cottage. His River Cottage Handbook: Veg Patch is a well used book in this house so when I saw Mark…
Visiting the Good Food Show with friends is a bit of a tradition for us. We prefer the Summer show as it seems to be less crowded and you have the added bonus of The Gardeners’ World Show you can visit at the same time.…