The Hen & The Garden
....the mouth-watering smell of a roasting chicken is enough to make a hungry man or woman cry.
Here, for the moment in summer when the gar
Pink & Peppery - radical radishes
I have rediscovered the radish. Their colour and shape is so wonderful. Tiny globes or fingers of scarlet pink, sometimes tipped with pale c
Vin D'Epine
One morning in May I got a call from Anna (my collaborator on Gather Cook Feast) saying that in order to make Vin D'Epine I would need t
Ajo Blanco
Make the very best Ajo Blanco.
Turmeric, Crab Apple & Bay Ice Cream
The smell of fresh turmeric root is green and sappy, like the smell of a snapping elder branch when clambering through undergrowth (if, like
That Spring Cabbage
The Spring Cabbage called to me from the top of the supermarket shelf, muffled by its clear, flexible plastic wrapping, in a voice that was
Three Sweet Herbs
Bake with three sweet herbs - sweet woodruff, sweet cicely and lavender
Soft Curd, Wild Garlic & Sorrel Tart
Familiar, soothing and spring-like all at the same time, this tart is made with wild garlic and sorrel giving a lovely lemony-garlic tang...
Quietness
It may sound somewhat obvious, but it was not until I sat in our warehouse in Swansea this afternoon, cloistered at my old desk, signing...
