Wendyl Nissen

Try this retro recipe for a taste of your nana's favourite sweet treat, classic old-fashioned barley sugars.

Here are some tips to help you know your way around use-by dates on food.

This humble pantry item is more handy than most.

This pudding tastes gorgeous and is very filling, so you need only a little served with a dollop of custard. Perfect for a Sunday night dessert in winter.

This recipe for plum duff, otherwise known as Christmas pudding, was sent to me by Jillian Hanlon, who says it is a real favourite with her family.

These make perfect fillings for delicate sandwiches at high tea.

Junket is a delicious, healthy dessert.

It turns out, there are still choko fans out there and they eagerly sent in their recipes. This was my favourite.

Coddling is a wonderful old way to prepare an egg as a dainty little meal, especially if you have an old china or porcelain egg coddler with a silver lid. It makes breakfast in bed that extra bit special and for lunch it is looks very dainty.

There’s nothing quite as comforting as a bit of oxtail in the winter.