New beginnings

After 25 years as a specialist cookshop, we finished trading in May 2026 - but only for a brief sabbatical. It was an opportunity to unshackle from onerous overheads, refurbish the premises and restructure how the shop works. It's a different kind of thing now, quite experimental. Other pages on this website give some explanation.

The main change in strategy is that we are not open to the public. But I am blessed with enormous windows (not a metaphor), and I have set them up to showcase our eclectic range of refurbished and reloved furniture, new and vintage tableware, oddball accessories and snuggly woollen stuff. We still have some core cookshop items too, but only a streamlined offering, with pots and pans on a back-burner (that is a metaphor).

Over time I will try to get everything listed on this website, so you can browse from the comfort of your own broadband. Watch this space! But bearing in mind that I am only one small brain-fogged woman with ambitious ideas and no tech savvy, don't literally watch this space - that would be such a waste of your life. Circle back in a month or so to check for updates. 

Make contact!

For more information about the shop or items for sale - or just to say hello! - please email

Liz Murray at cooklivedream@btinternet.com