The government is consulting on bringing in a ban on importing sweet chestnut trees to stop the spread of sweet chestnut blight, which wiped out trees throughout the eastern US and is now infecting trees as close to the UK as France.
Hours will pass over a cup of tea, with a spread of sweet almonds, dried fruits and biscuits while you linger from conversation to conversation.
I thought my dream had come true when Ronni arrived with her incredible, four-course spread of sweet and savory, weed-infused dishes for Jad, Radiolab's Ellen Horne and Soren Wheeler and me.
The brick ceilings are original, the flowers are fresh from the B&B's private garden, and, each morning, the owner lays a spread of homemade sweets, fruit and eggs for guests in the airy, lace-curtained breakfast room.
Here, a velvety spread of lemony sweet peas is slathered over toasted crusty bread, then sprinkled with sliced radishes, scallion, fresh dill and creamy crumbles of feta cheese.
Opies is a good brand - it's widely available in delicatessens and supermarkets, or order online at b-opie.com - they also do a good spread of recipes, sweet and savoury, that use it.
Thin sheets of this are spread on top of sweets to give them a festive air.
Mum scrimped to arrange a good spread of sandwiches, crisps, sweets and cake and the children were invited from Bradford's Top Hill nursery.
Somewhere I could smell roasting coconut, and above the lobby the daily high tea was beginning, with a spread of (free) Indonesian sweets like fried banana and a soft, gelatinous green cake flavored with pandan leaves.
Alternatively, a clever priest will play on the animal's appetite and set up a spread of rice and sweets a short distance away from the possessed person.
