Sugar, spice and all things nice

LOOKING back through the long history of the “Friend” can give us so many incredible insights on so many aspects life in the past. It is an invaluable journal of record. Through our fiction and featur

Inspiring seasonal ideas and recipes

You know a sign that you’re getting old? When you start reminiscing about foods you used to love, but which are no longer available. I began thinking about this when someone in the office was complain

Quiz of the week 1) Which London landmark ...

■ Makes 12-15 ■ Prep 40 mins plus cooling, chilling and 1 hr setting ■ Cook 15 mins unbaked dough only 175g softened butter, plusextra for the tin100g golden caster sugar250g plain flour, plus extrafo

The French may have five mother sauces, but at breakfast two sauces rule. America’s tomato ketchup has a simple sweetness, but when it comes to complexity and depth of flavour, British brown sauce rul