Happy 2022! New year means new resolutions. Whether you’re looking for a health kick or to simply try something new, Veganuary could be it! So where did it start and what is it? Forged on a kitchen table in York by a husband-and-wife team, Veganuary has made newspaper and TV headlines around the world – from the front page of the Times and New Scientist to features in the Washington Post, New York Times and South China Morning Post. The organisation now has campaign hubs in seven countries – UK, US, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and India – and has welcomed participants from every country in the world except North Korea and Vatican City. For some the experience was life-changing...
Everyone has new year's resolutions for things they want to try for the New Year - why not take up dessert making? We have flexible prepaid subscription plans to help you get started. Plus we currently have 15% OFF sitewide for the whole of January! The Mon Dessert subscription kit gives you a surprise of a new dessert to have a go and create in each box. Inside each kit has an array of ingredients and specialist tools of the trade to help make breathtaking desserts. It’s a perfect way to start something new and also comes with a certificate so that you can present it to someone special on the day if it’s a gift and you/they can activate...
Did you know TEN MILLION Brits have left it as late as Christmas DAY to finish their gift shopping? Many of them desperately spending online, in corner shops and petrol stations. 19% of adults in the UK confessed to last-minute panic buying on December 25th itself in a survey for Virgin Experience Days by Atomik Research. Nearly half (45%) said they had bought Christmas Day gifts online, 44% from a local shop and 11% had dashed to a nearby petrol station. 44% said they went Christmas shopping on the day itself because they were too lazy. A third (35%) said they had simply forgotten to buy a loved one a present and 36% because somebody unexpectedly had turned up for...
Around the world, foods on the holiday table are symbolic, filled with people who have wishes for the new year. Many traditional dishes appear because they’re thought to bestow happiness, prosperity, health, sweetness and luck. Some traditions revolve less around the food itself but more about who it is eaten with. In 1791, George Washington began hosting open-house parties known as “levees”. At the parties, “any properly dressed person, with a letter of introduction, could—without an invitation—drink punch and nibble cake with the President”. It was a New Year’s feast used to establish or reestablish important ties. And of course, some traditional food isn’t symbolic of anything. If the new year is an occasion to party, to drink and dance...
Now that December has finally arrived it’s only right to give back to those we love and cherish.This week's blog is all about the 12 days of Christmas, it’s history and what we are doing at Mon Dessert to celebrate and give back to our customers! So when are those days supposed to be starting? Where does Christmas fall in the 12 days? Singing aside, there’s actually a historical basis for the traditional Christmas carol we all know. Christians have historically celebrated a period of 12 days surrounding Christmas. The nearly two-week time period starts and ends with two pretty significant holidays: Christmas on December 25 and the Epiphany on January 6. Christians believe that the 12 days of Christmas...
