Kitchen mastery

There is something of a culinary power struggle developing in our household.  Like a true gentleman, MT stepped up to weekend catering duties some time ago.  This means that I get a couple of days off cooking meals and he gets to flex his chef muscles without...

Fresh or dried?

Even with the copious amounts of storage we have in our kitchen we never seem to have enough room especially for storing those occasionally used kitchen gadgets.  For this reason I have resisted for a long time investing in a pasta machine but I caved in recently on...

How to bring the zing into your life and inches on your waist

For me one of the biggest downsides of a blog is you come to realise how repetitive life is.  How many obsessions you have (like for Ginger Cakes)  and dare I say it how boring this can all be to other people.   Since my blog readership is pretty much restricted...

Lunch box cakes

As if I don’t have enough domestic challenges on my plate my dear husband upped the ante when he decided to start taking a lunch box to work. Now the morning regime includes making up his daily lunchtime feed which consists of savoury and sweet treat.  I have...

Domesticity and political correctness with cake

I recently breached technology etiquette here at Domestic Executive HQ.  After years of relying on his Lordship to load up my iPod I’ve set up my own iTunes library, it was like stepping out through a new window on the world.  That’s not to say the...