Royal Wedding Cake Just in time I have thought to make Royal Wedding Lemon and Elderflower Cupcakes. Living in Copenhagen, I have not been so caught up in the Royal Wedding. Obviously, I have read about the dress, the family, the comparisons to previous royal […]

Perfect, and easy, Spring Lunch Menu The menu I am going to share with you contains most of my favourites and go to dishes, perfect for a Spring Lunch. Yesterday a lovely group of friends  from LINK  (Ladies International Network in Denmark) came to my […]

Robert Burns Robert Burns, the great lyrical poet (1759-1796) was born in Scotland on the 25th January and as that date approaches, I must warn you,  I become very Scottish. Burns was a nationally recognized poet, even in his own lifetime. His poems were brilliant […]

I missed the side walk sales in town last week so I was delighted when I finally found time to visit my favourite new store in town, Kirby and Co, and found this gorgeous toast rack in their sale section.  I bought two, you can […]

Costco has some fantastic knives as part of a special stand, so do not know how long they will be there. I bought the small paring knife last weekend, then  went back for two more and a boning knife.  The chef at the stand tells […]

I have put together a list of dishes I do, and already have noticed some omissions, no desserts, but we can use these as a starting point and take it from there.  I will update and add recipe links as and when Soups   Gazpacho […]

Good morning and thank you so much for asking to talk today at the woman’s club of Greenwich, it is so good to get out. For those of you who do not know me I have lived in Darien for 13 years but grew up […]

I am so glad you could all join me and my friends today.  I would like to introduce my friends Sue, Ginger, Robin, Denise and Caroline who have been helping me today and whom I love. Also can I ask you a big round of […]

Thoughts on Entertaining Lots of planning. I am going to share me my philosophy of entertaining. This is what works for me and if you take one idea away from today, then we are golden. At this event last year Laura Bolton spoke and, for […]