An exclusive diamond-mounted cooker, which has been produced to celebrate the diamond anniversary of Denman College – the Women’s Institute-owned Residential Adult Education College – is to be raffled online for charity.

Here’s my latest review on Good Grip tools and gadgets from OXO.

There are now over 450 unique British cheeses being made in the UK from cow, goat, sheep and even buffalo milk. With such a wide choice of cheeses to choose from, it’s hardly surprising that 98% of British households buy cheese.

During the coming weeks I’ll be reviewing a range of Good Grip food tools and gadgets from OXO. I’ll be trying them out, using them in recipes and giving you my honest opinion.

Tefal have introduced two ‘healthy’ cooking appliances, the Actifry and VitaCuisine. Last month I was lent one of each to try out and finally I got the chance to use them with interesting results.

Retro foodies like Rachel Allen, are bringing back the kitchen style of the sensational ’70s

My knives have had it. They are old and no matter how much I sharpen them, they just don’t cut like they used to. My birthday was coming up, so I did a little browsing of cooking knife sets, so I could add one to my wish list.

I adore soups and Dave loves smoothies but my blender is ancient and has definitely seen better days! Luckily, the lovely people at Premium Appliance Brands sent me a Juice ‘n’ Smoothie from the Rosemary Conley range to review and I finally tried it out this week. I was rummaging around in the freezer when I came across a bag of asparagus ends I’ve been collecting. Every time we have asparagus, I break off the woodier ends which are too fibrous to eat and I save them in the freezer for soup.

With numerous juice stores in almost every city, being thirsty and craving for adding taste in a drink is not considered to be a problem any more. Although, widely demonstrated that people need to increase their fruit and vegetable consumption levels, finding the right produce and extracting its nutrients by hand is a practice very few individuals have time to complete. But, with the new electric juicers available today on the market, more and more people are able to enjoy the benefits of consuming nutrients and enzymes which help the human organism develop and thrive.

Easy to operate juicers can help, those interested to reach and maintain a better state of health, to provide a quick and simple way of ensuring that their bodies receive enough nutrients daily. In fact, juicers are useful tools that can help one lose weight and become healthier on a daily basis. Home-made smoothies and juices can assist people trick their stomachs into thinking it is full and kill cravings for unhealthy foods or drinks. But apart from them being an excellent way for people to maintain their desired weight, juicers have come to be considered a lifestyle choice, not just a particular appliance, due to their extremely desirable nutritional benefits.