Yet another bread-related experiment - I wanted to try baking a loaf of bread using plain natural yoghurt as the main liquid ingredient.

An experimental attempt to dig natural clay and make it into fired ceramics.

Another bash at recycling plastic bags by knitting with them, but this time with a couple of differences - I'm only going to use bags that are at end-of-life - that is, otherwise to be thrown away, and I'm making something sturdy durable and useful - a basket.

December 2008 - Christmas is coming! - fancy a change from mince pies? Here's a recipe for a delicious festive slice - crammed with fruit and topped with soft almond sponge.

This is a simple recipe for toffee apples - comprising only two ingredients - apples and sugar.

But this is one of those cases where the end result is greater than the sum of its parts. Biting through that crisp shell into the sweet aromatic apple flesh underneath, then savouring the mixture of sensations in every mouthful - that's what toffee apples are about - a simple, yet scrumptious treat.