Why Food Festivals Are Great For Children On Family Days Out

Remember the days you could spend your weekends perusing stalls and sampling tasters at food festivals. Well, these occasions don’t have to become a thing of the past once you have kids, as they are great…

Thursday, May 07, 2026

World Hand Hygiene Day: The Importance Of Hand Washing In Food Prep

One of the first things I teach at my children’s cooking classes in Manchester is that we should start our food prep, not by rifling through the bag of ingredients or guessing with our friends about what…

Friday, May 01, 2026

5 Flipping Great Recipes For Pancake Day

Pancake Day might fill your child with excitement, but it could equally fill parents with dread. If you’ve experienced Pancake Day before, you’ll know you have to rush home from work to whisk up some…

Monday, February 02, 2026

5 Child-Friendly Canapes To Serve At Your New Year’s Eve Party

If, like lots of parents, you’ve spent most of December frantically rushing around trying to organise Christmas festivities, you’d be forgiven for not giving too much thought to what to do on New Year’s…

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Why Christmas Baking With Children Isn’t Just An Insta Trend

We’ve all seen the Insta posts of #supermums making perfect gingerbread biscuits with their cherubic children while we’re up to our eyeballs in card writing, costume making and trying to hunt out the message…

Thursday, December 04, 2025

What To Serve Guests At A Family-Friendly Bonfire Party

Guy Fawkes Day has to be one of the longest-serving English traditions, as many of us still love getting cosy in our bobble hats and woollen gloves while we watch magnetic firework displays fill the night…

Tuesday, October 21, 2025