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little kitchen around the world
I love cookbooks and have quite the little library going on at our house. Amongst all the books are a couple of kids ones which keira loves to flick through. So I jumped at the chance to review a new...
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Kinokuniya and japanese craft books
I love Kinokuniya and I love japanese craft books. My collection is ‘healthy’ but I must admit I’ve had almost a year off buying books from the store. Trying to get some time to myself in Kinokuniya is...
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what we’ve been reading this week
Although I’m not so much of a ‘read a novel’ kind of person anymore, I do love to read. Craft books, cookbooks, magazines and the newspaper that retro daddy brings home after he’s read it. Oh and kids...
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my favourite ‘how to knit’ books
Every time I share a knitting project I’m asked by you, my lovely readers, ‘how can I teach myself or knit’ or you say ‘I wish I could knit’. So I’m sharing 3 of my all time fave knitting books that...
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two new knitting books added to my library
I love knitting books but once you’ve get a few…..OK once you have a good collection like yours truly, you get a bit picky about new ones. And it’s been a while since I’ve bought any new baby or kids...
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Devil of a Cookbook
I don’t know about you but every now and then I feel myself slipping into a rut with my cooking. And that means it’s time for a new cookbook. I know you can print recipes off the internet but I’m a...
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The Spunky Coconut Cookbook – a review
Well I decided that if I was going to try a gluten and dairy free diet (background here) then I’d need a few books because I have one gluten free cookbook in my little library of cookbooks. And that is...
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Against all Grain – a review
Things have been a bit quiet on the blog this week! Trying to organise myself for problogger, buy the big items for the kitchen like appliances, the sink and tiles since kitchen rip out is in 14 days...
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Pioneer Woman Cooks – A Year of Holidays
Now you all know I love Pioneer Woman.…….or should I say y’all know. In fact I receive questions from readers asking for my recommendation on which of her books to buy. And now we can add a third book...
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Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino 5 & Celebrating Family
It is no secret that I love books, I love knitting and I love debbie bliss. They were the first knitting patterns that I started with when I rediscovered knitting. I was at John Lewis on Oxford street...
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stealth health lunches kids love – a review
Just 2 days of packing a gluten free lunchbox for elodie and I was needing some inspiration! With an hour or two to kill at the shops while the twins were at school and little miss at preschool I had...
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Special diets for Special kids – a review
As soon as we decided to give the dairy free a go as well as our gluten free diet I knew I needed a recipe book to keep the variety going……otherwise we’d be eating rice or gluten free pasta every night...
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My Darling Lemon Thyme – Recipes from my real food kitchen
I’ve been running a little low on enthusiasm to get into the kitchen lately. Exhaustion from moving and growing a baby and just all the day to day jobs I have to do mean that I’ve been finding it hard...
View Articleagainst all grain meals made simple
Long time no book review but there have been a few new books arriving on my doorstep thanks to feeding a baby on the couch and ordering from the comfort of the couch. If only I could do everything...
View Articlelarge family logistics- the book
Whenever I’d put ‘large family’ into the search bar on Pinterest it would always bring up this book, Large Family Logistics. It had lots of reviews but was sadly out of print and very expensive to...
View ArticleThermomix Something for Everyone by Louise Fulton Keats
Good news if you own a Thermomix is that the cookbooks just keep getting better and better. Last year Something for Everyone was a new cookbook for Louise Fulton Keats and now the Thermomix version has...
View Articlethe opinionated knitter by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Happy new financial year! I’m writing this on my new computer (bought at 5.30pm last night since they couldn’t fix my old one) and have a gorgeous book to review. I love my knitting books and think I...
View ArticleSweetly Stitched Handmades by Amy Sinibaldi aka nana company
Well I bought this book for myself and I have been trying to read it but there’s just one problem. My girls keep taking it off me. They adore it. If you know of nana company the blog then you probably...
View Articlelarge family logistics is being reprinted
For a couple of years I was trying to get my hands on a copy of Large Family Logistics without having to remortgage the house. They can be hard to come by and cost a lot of money (although the price...
View ArticleThe Life Giving home – a must read
If I get time to put my feet up then I either knit or read a book. That means it takes me a while to actually get through a book. I’ve been going on this one for less a month and so in love with it....
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