Delicious Jane Austen

I got a lovely surprise in the post the other day from my friend Hannah, also known to me as Phu. More on that later. First, look at this delight (and find out, below, how you can get one too!):

I lived with Phu for a few months quite a few years ago, and had been friends for a few years before (I watched Neighbours at her house when I couldn’t get it on my own TV) – when we lived together, our house was known as the House of Baking. All of us did it to a greater or lesser extent, but even then it was obvious Phu was the best – and now she is doing it professionally, under the company name The Art of Baking. Do go and check out her Etsy store, where you can order all manner of pre-made and customised biscuits – a lovely alternative to a card. As her tagline says, why not say it with biscuits??

As for ‘Phu’ – well, this came when Mel (another housemate at the time), Hannah, and I were going to Tesco late night to buy the discounted pastries. Mel and I were holding things up by faffing, but we claimed that we’d put the blame on Hannah instead – and so successfully that everyone would call her the pastry-holder-upper. Or Phu, for short. So far we’re the only two people who have. But we’re still doing it ten years later, which I count a success.