Baker & Foodie Content Creator
My name is Lee, welcome to my pages. I hope we can have fun together?
When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing guest blogs, writing my own blog, or even trying to learn how to paint, I’m usually spending time with the amazing Mr G (my husband) or with my lovely daughter or my lovely son (very proud mum).
What is this all about? Great question. This site is about real cooking and baking, real recipes and real mistakes.
No filters here, (although i’d love to find a filter that can take ten years worth of laugh lines away. Just me, whats happening, and whatever cameras or phone i have to hand .
There are many things that get under my bonnet and wiggle around, one of those is food waste. If i buy ingredients specifically for a recipe, and i only need a small amount of the ingredients, i want to be able to use the rest up and not have to throw them away. My mum used to say , “Waste not Want not” is that still a saying ?
For me, waste is not just about using up all the ingredients. What about leftover food? If i’m able , i hope to give ideas as to how to use up any leftovers too.
Be Brave
Cooking isn’t hard , neither is baking, its all about being brave and being ok with making mistakes
I know people like to plan ahead and make sure they are organised ahead of time, so below you can find the books planned for the next few months. I’m excited to get reading!
Even though these books and most of the guest chefs with recipes are planned, don’t be upset if they change without any notice. Sometimes it’s impossible to factor in life and work.
2025
January - Room by Emma Donoghue
February - The Last Dance by Mark Billingham
March - The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
April - The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
May - a Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
June - The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
July - The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire Van Ryn
August - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
September - Horse by Geraldine Brooks
October - Mr Einstein’s Secretary by Matthew Reilly
November - Biter & Sweet by Amal Awad
December - The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson
2024
January - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
February - Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
March - Now She Is Witch by Kirsty Logan
April - Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
May - Death and Croissants by Ian Moore
June - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
July - Bournville by Jonathan Coe
August - Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
September - Memoires of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
October - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
November - Bridgerton: The Duke & I by Julia Quinn
December - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2023
January - Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
February - Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
March - Envy of Angels by Matt Wallace
April - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J Ryan Stradal
May - Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
June - A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
July - Eat, Pray Love by Elisabeth Gilbert
August - Brick Lane by Monica Ali
September - Burning Down George Orwells House by Andrew Ervin
October - A Decadent Way to Die by G. A. McKevett:
November - Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
December - Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark
2022
January - A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage by Molly Wizenberg
February - Edible Stories by Mark Kurlansky
March -The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
April - Kitchenby Banana Yoshimoto
May - Quentins by Maeve Binchy
June - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
July - The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica
August - Confused Spice by Mathis Bailey
September - Delicious by Ruth Reicht
October - Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
November - Liquor by Poppy Z Brite
December - Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
2021
January - Five Quarters of The Orange by Joanne Harris
Recipe by Jenny Linford
February - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Recipe by Saliha Mahmood Ahmed
March - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Recipe by Tony Parkin
April - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsoliver
Recipe by Mark A Reid
May- Plying for Pizza by John Grisham
Recipe by Matt Follas
June - Bone in the Throat by Anthony Bourdain
Recipe by Lee Majhen-Todd
July - State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
Recipe by Tony August - The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C Moral
September - Olive by Emma Gannon
October - The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle
Recipe by Lee Majhen-Todd
November - When in Doubt Add Butter by Beth Harbison
Recipe by Ping Coombes
December - A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
2020
July - The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakuruni
Recipe by Dina Begum
August - Julia’s Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
Recipe by Jane Devonshire
September - Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Recipe by Hrishikesh Desai
October - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk
Recipe by Samira Effa
November - Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
Recipe by Oliver Certain
December - Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Recipe by Irini Tzortzoglou