Bancroft's flowers
To me, the best part of spring and summer is the many flowers that grow everywhere. I grow many of them in my garden and my allotment,...
Harlequin's dinner
When a set of teaware or dessert ware consists of matching items in varying colours or designs, we call it "harlequin" - I guess because...
Picking mushrooms in silk shoes
In the 18th Century the dessert started to become the most decoratively elaborate course of dinner parties. This makes sense, if you...
A garden of flowers
[click the < arrows > to slide!] I have a special weakness for beautiful sets of plates... Not long ago I had a beautiful dessert service...
Autumnal flowers
[click the < arrows > to slide!] It is autumn here, and all colours are changing fast... on my desk is a vase with beautiful...
