Festive lunch menu for Saturday 15 December

Here is my seasonal lunch menu for this year.  As you will see, turkey isn’t a feature!  However, Stilton makes an appearance in a very delicious, creamy soup and of course there is  Christmas pudding.  This pudding is a hand me down through a few generations in...

A Christmas Afternoon Tea 8 December 2012

Here we are again with Christmas just round the corner; it seems like just a few weeks ago I was putting together last year’s seasonal tea!  So what’s on the menu?  Two seasonal ‘old timers’: my wonderfully moist Christmas cake that has been...

Afternoon tea Sunday 11 November 2012

Some classics on this menu for afternoon tea – sticky ginger cake and lemon meringue pie.  Ginger Parkin might have been a more typical Yorkshire choice for this time of year you might say however I’m not a big fan of it.  I love it’s ‘sticky...

Gluten Free Afternoon Tea 28 October 2012

I am really looking forward to doing another gluten free afternoon tea.  On previous occasions I have not been able to fill the whole table with coeliac sufferers.  I am pleased to say, however, that this time round, all the guests who made the first contact for this...

Afternoon tea 14 October 2012

As the summer days fade and golden shades begin to appear, I did have autumn in mind when putting together this menu.  Among the sandwich fillings, beetroot features in a quite delicious homemade beetroot & walnut hummus.  Then there is something from the apple...

Afternoon tea and the annual Saltaire festival

This afternoon tea presents an opportunity for me to contribute and participate in the celebrations of the 10th annual Saltaire Festival (http://www.saltairefestival.co.uk/).  My guests will be able to soak up the atmosphere of the festival as well as partake in the...