My hometown of Exeter has a growing Chinese population and with that comes new experiences, celebrations, food and culture. Never one to not explore all areas of my city, I was excited to be given the opportunity by InExeter to get out and about amongst the independent stores and celebrate Chinese New Year in myRead more
Valentine’s Day is approaching and I guess some of you out there might need a little helping hand with gift buying for that special someone. Be it your one true love or your best friend who needs a pick me up. I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day in a big way in all honesty butRead more
Biscuits.. who would have thought they were so darn hard to make. I tried many combinations and weights of ingredients with disastrous results until I reached out to my friends on Instagram for help. I had loads of responses with varying methods but these just seem to work. So thank you Insta chums for helpingRead more
I didn’t want to do a generic Valentine’s Day post for you. Instead, I wanted to celebrate my strong and supportive female friendships. I feel very fortunate to have a wonderful group of creative, funny, caring women in my life that I know I can count on hands down to always be there for meRead more
Impromptu lunch dates with friends make me so happy. A text in the morning seeing what the other is doing and then “Bob’s your uncle”. A date is formed. This happened just the other week when my friend Angel messaged me. We hadn’t caught up since before the Christmas festivities so a get together had beenRead more
By the time you will be reading this our sights will be firmly set on February and moving swiftly through to the kinder months ahead and spring. Spring, that magical word that brings us new beginnings and warmth. Oh, how I long for some warm days. The kind of day that you can venture outsideRead more
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Inevitably you end up forgetting you’ve made them or breaking them. I tend to give myself some achievable goals instead and don’t beat myself up about it if I don’t get around to following them up. I am however sure that the one thing I will be focusing onRead more
Blood orange season is just about my favourite foodie season. Just after the festivities of Christmas and New Year there is definitely a mood slump and these little spheres of citrusy heaven just lift my spirits no end. The zing of the juice to kick start my taste buds and the allure of the varyingRead more
Waste. A buzzword at the moment and with good reason. The planet is gradually getting clogged up with rubbish that has been discarded carelessly and it’s breaking my heart. The world is losing its ability to breath. I do a lot of walking and no matter where I go, I see plastic. I could beRead more
I get asked the question “Why Tara’s Busy Kitchen?” a lot. This post hopes to answer a few of those questions for you. People are always bemused when they see a blogpost about lifestyle or fashion here when they assume with the word Kitchen in the title I should only write about food, restaurants andRead more