As the cheering subsides and everyone goes back to grumbling, the Royal Wedding does seem to have made us all a little more optimistic.

With the Nation gripped by Corrie’s Fiftieth Anniversary you have to wonder what Ena Sharples would make of the increasing number of cake crazes that are now all the rage.

Like so many old-established and delicious breads the humble bagel (in all its many different spellings) is surrounded by a host of myths and legends.

There’s nothing better than a well-made rhubarb pie and at Country Style we make many thousand a week during the early spring.