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A sweet taste of history: marmalade and Hampton Court.

Aug 21, 2024

A sweet taste of history: marmalade and Hampton Court.

  This weekend I will be peddling my wares at the Hampton Court Palace Food Festival, my thoughts turn, perhaps predi...
Straw bears, lost love and murder: marmalade as a literary preserve

Aug 19, 2024

Straw bears, lost love and murder: marmalade as a literary preserve

The appearance last week in my birth county of Cheshire of a giant straw Paddington Bear got me thinking – as perhaps...
NEW OWNERSHIP, NEW LOOK WEBSITE, SAME LOVELY RECIPES!

Aug 6, 2024

NEW OWNERSHIP, NEW LOOK WEBSITE, SAME LOVELY RECIPES!

  As many of you already know, Victoria retired in September 2023, and I have been making her recipes ever since, and...
Gold for the shop!

Jun 28, 2017

Gold for the shop!

The shop scoops GOLD!

May 4, 2017

Marmalade Awards

We scooped the top prize!

Apr 19, 2016

Proper Marmalade Shop!

We have bought a shop!

Oct 29, 2015

Our new look website!

Our new look website

Nov 24, 2014

The Proper Marmalade Company

The Proper Marmalade - our change from Cranfields Foods

Aug 20, 2013

Seville Marmalade Recipe Tea Towel

~ BRAND NEW ~ Exclusively designed for Cranfields, from our new "Cranfields Recipes" range - our multi award winning ...

May 27, 2013

Panyan pickle reconstructed.

*PLEASE NOTE - this is an old blog post from 2013 - we no longer sell PanYan Pickle - thank you!* It may be a little ...

Dec 31, 2011

Setting up a preserve business do's and don'ts

As the New Year approaches I have decided to share some of the simple do's and don'ts I have learnt in setting up the...

Oct 23, 2011

Ist Neidpath Castle International Chutney festival

I came up to the office/kitchen this morning to print off some labels (great Sunday morning) to be greeted by an answ...

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