Mother’s Day

These have a delightfully gentle orange hue and sweet flavour, and can be enjoyed with savoury or sweet toppings. You will need a waffle iron, but if you don’t have one, you could make fluffy […]

You may wish to write a few notes after this exercise and, as you practise it, whether daily or weekly, your experience may change over time. To do this mindful exercise, you need a chair and […]

ITALY Shall we have breakfast at home or in the bar? One thing’s for certain: breakfast will be sweet. Think of crème pâtissière secreted inside a delicious brioche. And a cappuccino, then maybe an espresso […]

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Team Bookends thought we’d share with you what we’d like to thank our mums for and what makes them so special!   Helena It’s way too difficult to pin point just […]

Miranda’s Daily Dose of Such Fun! is just that – a tip for each day of the year to bring more positivity into your life. Here’s the entry for 26th March – Mother’s Day this year […]

In an ideal world my kids would do as they were asked and I would always keep my cool. But I’m not built that way, my patience is a little on the low side and […]

In celebration of Mother’s Day two of our wonderful Bookends authors discuss what motherhood means to them. Daniela Sacerdoti, author of Keep Me Safe Mother’s Day is a sweet day for me. I still have […]

Amy Engel, author of the disturbing and gripping The Roanoke Girls (and one of our books of the month!), gives us the low-down on her top five most dysfunctional mothers in literature.   I’ve always loved […]

This is the most popular Georgian dish outside Georgia. The young spatchcocked chickens were traditionally cooked on special tapa skillets, weighted down with a brick. I have recently learned that in Hungary they call it […]

Hannah Doyle’s had three babies this year. Two twins and a book baby! In the run-up to Mother’s Day, I like to spend a good amount of time in Hotel Chocolat, following that elusive taster […]

Give your mum the gift of reading this Mother’s Day with these fantastic reads. Or, you know, you could dip into them yourself…! First Comes Love by Emily Giffin What happens when love, marriage and children […]

In our opinion there’s nothing nicer than receiving a brand new book as a gift. Beautifully wrapped and with a whole new world for you to delve into-what could be better? With Mother’s Day just […]