Dear Sam, I really enjoyed reading about your three favourite things from our blog. Like you, I truly value the chance it gives us to keep in touch - I promise to post a Welsh cake recipe soon, too! Looking back over the last two years, here are three of my favourite posts by you:…
Hello, Today is International Day of Happiness, which means it's also Staircase 9 17's 2nd birthday. We hope you'll join with us in celebrating this little landmark by doing something nice for yourself or someone else today. If it involves a slice of cake, all the better! Of course, as we grow older,…
"Tutti sorridono nella stessa lingua" George Carlin 1937 - 2008 Comedian, writer, actor and satirist. Friday Food for Thought
Dear Sam, Mmm, the roast chestnuts you were telling me about sound very tempting - I will add them to my Christmas shopping list! Your post started me thinking about all the delicious aromas that we associate with Christmas and it's also one of the themes of a book I've been reading lately, Nigel Slater's The Christmas…
Dear Claire, We had our first snowfall here a couple of days ago – the perfect moment for your warming, spicy apple cider. Thank you for the recipe! I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving. With everything that’s been going on in the world of late, I think it’s more important than ever for each of…
