Café Review: Baila, Old Town, Swindon

The days when coffee shops were merely a pit stop for your morning hit of caffeine-on-the-go have been left in the 90s, along with dial-up connections and mood rings. Now it’s all about carefully sourced single-origin beans, foam art and

My Favourite Patisseries in Montpellier

Montpellier is certainly not a place to live if you’re on a diet. There is a patisserie at every turn, always brightly coloured with an array of mouth-watering bakes posing in the window and the aroma of sweet bakes beckoning

Recipe: Eccles Cakes

Ingredients: for the puff pastry: 200g strong flour + pinch of salt 200g butter, softened slightly 125ml ice-cold water + few drops lemon juice for the filling: 1oz butter 1 table spoon soft brown sugar 6oz currants 1/2 tea spoon mixed