When lockdown was announced, not-for-profit community café, The Merstham Mix Café, rapidly refocused its skills and resources, launching a local hot meal delivery service at the end of March. Under this new service the staff and volunteers have recently passed the 4,000-meal milestone, serving some 70 different households in Merstham, many of them sheltering vulnerable […]
As we’re all spending more time at home, most of us are cooking more than usual right now – either by necessity or to pass the time. But let’s face it finding inspiration on a daily basis can be hard! Plus, some ingredients are scarce and with less supermarket trips we often need to make […]
By Olivia Griffiths The last few weeks have been a strange time for us all. For many of us, life has been turned upside down as we try and juggle working life with family and other responsibilities. Our relationships have changed as chats, coffees and catch ups with friends are either by phone, video or […]
Monday 12th August saw the start of Afternoon Tea Week. Afternoon Tea is a tea-related ritual, introduced in Britain in the early 1840s. It evolved as a mini meal to stem the hunger and anticipation between lunch and an evening meal. Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in […]