British Guild of Travel Writers – Tourism and Member Awards

Congratulations to BeWILDerwood, Africa’s Eden and Ngong Ping 36O and all the award-winning travel writers. I have been a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers for about a year now. It’s a professional organisation and you are only eligible to join if you can demonstrate that you are making a living substantially from [...]

Decorative gourds and pumpkin pie

Pumpkins are one of my favourite foods but they’re not just for eating! It’s autumn in the northern hemisphere and the abundance of pumpkins and squashes in the shops and markets is lending the season an old-time harvest feel. Decorative gourds can help recreate that feeling of warmth and plenty at home. I fell in [...]

Pumpkin harvest

Another compensation of autumn is the food. It’s harvest season and fresh produce is still plentiful and varied. What better symbol of nature’s bounty than a surfeit of pumpkins and squashes, fat and golden with the summer sun? Today’s post is about decorative gourds and seasonal pumpkin recipes, over at my food blog The Gooseberry [...]

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