Photo Credit: Jason Stoll via Flickr This post is the second in a new series on The 21st Century Housewife called The Place Where I Live . Learning a little bit about the place people call home is a great way to get to know them better and it can be a wonderful resource of insider knowledge for places you might like to visit one day. Alea of Premeditated Leftovers is based in Northern Nevada. One...

Photo Guy Harris So I’m finally getting around to writing a post on the incredible Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show this year! Chelsea is always a wonderful show - testament to this is the fact that it always sells out early - so if you want to go next year, start watching the RHS site in a few months’ time. Even better, join the RHS , and you will get advance notice and booking,...

Syllabub is a very old English dessert, traditionally consisting of sweetened cream mixed with wine. It was served in its current form as early as the sixteenth century but the original recipe dates back to Tudor times. Syllabub was very popular in the Victorian era and Mrs Beeton included recipes for it in her famous ‘Book of Household Management’. Syllabub is the perfect dessert for when you...