Food and drink, in and out!
Where to go for a new experience. Recipes to try at home. Interviews with amazing chefs... Get ready to tickle those tastebuds with our delicious ideas
YUMMY BREAKFAST CLUB
Visit the newly refurbished
Slug and Lettuce in Marlow
for a family-friendly
breakfast morning. Bring
your buggies and your babes every Tuesday and Friday from 9.30-11.30am. The pub will be serving costa coffee and delicious cooked breakfasts. There will be giant board games, colouring, books and puzzles for the children - and best
of all, it's free entry!
Editor's
Pick!
Easy-peasy cake pops
Instead of serving toffee or chocolate apples to your kids this Halloween, why
not try making these easy-peasy cake pops? They'll love them!
Take a chocolate or vanilla cake (home or shop-bought) and crumble it into a bowl. It should resemble breadcrumbs. Make up a bowl of buttercream (take a big dollop of butter, and keep adding icing sugar and milk to it until it forms a thick creamy consistency) and mix it into the cake crumbs a little at a time. Don’t add too much buttercream as if the cake is too moist, it won’t stick together and form into balls. Using your hands, form balls with the mixture (a bit like meatballs). Repeat until you’ve used it all up.
Place the balls on a plate and pop them in the fridge for an hour or two until set. Pour some candy melts into a bowl and heat over a saucepan of simmering water. Once melted, leave to cool for 5 minutes. Take the balls out of the fridge. Dip a lollipop stick into the candy, then halfway into the ball. Holding the stick, dip the ball into the candy and then twirl and tap the stick gently so the excess candy drips off. Decorate as you wish with sprinkles or sweets, and place the lollipop stick into a styrofoam block.
And a few I made earlier... by Sarah, Editor
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5 Kingswood Parade, Marlow Bottom, SL7 3NT
You have to take your kids to this Soho-style noodle bar for tea! It opens at 5pm and is very child friendly, with crayons and colour-in table mats, and a kids' menu that includes a main, drink and
pud for £7. See for more info.
BAROOSH BAR & RESTAURANT, MARLOW
Felicity Shirt, mum of two, from Cookham, went to Baroosh for pre-dinner drinks on a Saturday night.
'The place was buzzing and full of people of all ages, (it's for over-21s only). We ordered some fizz and sat outside on sofa-style seats around glass tables, with sunken flame-effect heaters. I haven't seen anything quite like that anywhere else. It was bustling outside just as much as it was in. Inside it really was a case of shouting to be heard, but the kind of thing I absolutely loved 10 years ago. The decor is funky, lots of little alcoves and brick walls, and fancy leather seating. Go in a group and it’s perfect, but not the kind of place
to go if you want a quiet chat. I don't think there's anything else like it around here - it really is buzzing and makes you feel young again. Or a bit old, depending on how you look at it!'
BUNTING FOR CAKES!
Now here's something I've never seen before - bunting for celebration cakes. How cute! Spruce up a plain iced cake with this Pirate Fun
Cake Bunting set, £3.95, from . It
contains bunting, three pirate paper cake toppers and a paper cake frill with sticker! Other designs available too.
BRING THE OUTDOORS IN!
Try your hand at growing your own herbs. This indoor allotment with a white picket fence and mini shed, this is the stylish new accessory for your kitchen. Everything is included to get you going, from 3mini plant pots with drainage holes, to soil pellets and even snips (that’s herb scissors in case you were wondering). £24.95 from
THE GREAT DIVIDE
Make the perfect cooked breakfast with this divider frying pan. You can finally have lovely white eggs, without charred bacon bits! It’s a 9in aluminium frying pan, dishwasher safe, easy-
to-clean, and has a Bakelite heat-resistant handle that is removable for easy storage. £14.95 from House of Bath.
Editor's
Pick!
A few years ago we went to Cuba, and I've been a fan of a good mojito ever since. White rum, sugar, limes, sparkling water and mint... You can get a great one round here at Boulters Lock and Sanctum on the Green... you have to imagine the sandy beach though!
A CUPPA WHILE THEY PLAY
Looking for somewhere to go for a bite to eat where the kids can also have a play? Here are some of the best local places...
1. DORNEY COURT
KITCHEN GARDEN. I love
this place! It has a cafe,
shop, garden centre and
fairly new outside play
area. The kids will love
the little tractors they
can ride around on too.
www.dckg.co.uk
2. ANDREA'S CAFE, OCKWELLS PARK
Check out the new softplay area at Andrea's cafe in the park in Cox Green.
3. MARLOW GARDEN CENTRE
​There's something for everyone here - shopping, food and fun in the softplay area!
www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk
4. HARE HATCH SHEEPLANDS
It has a play area, garden, farm, free bouncy castle, garden centre and shop, and a snack bar. What more could you want?
5. JOLLY FARMER, COOKHAM DEAN
This pub has an amazing outdoor play
area - we love the wooden tractor.
www.jollyfarmercookhamdean.co.uk
6. THE BEL & THE DRAGON, COOKHAM
My kids love the playhouse out the back here.
www.belandthedragon-cookham.co.uk
7. THE BOUNTY, COCKMARSH
Set right on the river, this pub has a
good outside play area for your little ones. www.thebountypub.com
8. PALMER'S ARMS, DORNEY
One of my family's favourites - the garden is amazing. It has palm trees, a children's play area - and chickens! The food is lovely too. www.thepalmerarms.com
THE TEAPOT TEA SHOP, HIGH STREET, COOKHAM
I popped into The Teapot Tea Shop for the first
time this week. It's so quaint! We had a lovely
cup of coffee while we admired the many vintage
teapots dotted all around the place. They offer the
Teapigs tea range and a wide selection of coffees,
plus scrummy homemade cakes and biscuits! There's also the option of crumpets, toast, croissants and Danish pastries, plus lunches including paninis, ploughmans, sandwiches and baked potatoes.
It was fairly quiet in there, so although relaxing, we did feel we had to keep our voices down a little, but I'm sure a group of mums getting together for a natter could soon rectify that. I was also impressed with the pretty garden out the back - definitely worth a visit after feeding the ducks or a stroll by the river in the summer.
Will I be going back? Definitely! I have my eye on that enormous, gooey coffee cake that's on display on the counter...
