Home Made Goodies!

Friday. A Fed Ex man arrived at my door with a parcel from Japan. The description on the box said kitchenware. I stopped myself from opening it. This was hard. I put the parcel down. Picked it up. Put it down again and went in to town for last minute purchasing of chickens and bacon, squidgy brie and cured meats from the nice man at Nibbles Cheese Shop.

Then some friends arrived, ate the squidgy brie and gave me some excellent presents.

An enormous jar of little, crunchy pistachio, chocolate and cranberry cantucci. For dipping in espresso or Vin Santo. Mmmm.

Soft, sticky banana bread. Half of which has gone straight in the freezer for future banana bread needs.

Ginger syrup for vodka. Or anything else that may need a sweet, fiery kick.

All home made and all delicious. The beautiful labels are from Frank and the enviable handwriting from my best friend. Thank you D&R.