
Nothing warms the cockles on a cold October evening like a bowlful of comforting spice and flavour. This month’s recipe, brought to you by Naresh from our extended Visitor Experience team, goes out to all the red meat lovers out there that like their lamb served with a good chilli kick! This dish is extra…

Summer has finally joined us and what better summer activity than going for a picnic? But did you know where the tradition of picnics came from? As I watched the skies darkening last Sunday I was hastily doing a mental note of how many family members I could fit round the dining room table to…

This month, member of the team Naresh shares her recipe for a simple lentil daal. Serve with boiled rice, a green salad, and chapatis. Ingredients: 1 cupful of red split lentils1 small onion1 fresh tomato4 green chillies (add more if you like it hot)A small block of ginger3 cloves of garlic1 teaspoon of salt (you…

Ready to get your bake on? Volunteers Sue and Anne share their favourite recipes that’re guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face this summer. We’re talking a delicious date and walnut cake and sweet and sticky ginger and rhubarb muffins. Date and walnut cake Sue’s date and walnut cake One of our longest-standing volunteers,…

February sees us celebrate what is arguably one of the best days of the year: Pancake Day! Celebrate it the 1930s way with this recipe we found in the archives from 1936. If made carefully, pancakes are particularly delicious. There is, however, no need to limit them to one variety, for they can be modified…