On our recent holiday to Sri Lanka, we travelled from the south of the island into the country's heartland to visit Polonnaruwa and Sigiriya. It was a magical car journey up mountains, past rice and tea plantations, through sleepy villages and small towns, bustling with tuktuks and colourful buses and so many school children, always dressed in white. The journey, which took over 8 hours, over bumpy and windy roads, up and down mountains, took its toll on us. When we arrived a

Cookie mix jars are the perfect way to involve children in making favours for their birthday party.

Greek Kourabiedes and Austrian Vanillekipferl were a feature of Advent in my childhood. Little did I know they are related!