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...
On Japanese-ness
What makes something feel Japanese? A few weeks ago I spent a happy hour or so talking to Ian Wheatley, the owner of Monohon, a new ramen...
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...
Nettle Soup with Horseradish & Chives
Making nettle soup has been part of the spring ritual since 1972, when the Richard Mabey book 'Food for Free' was published, as a system...
Salt & Smoke
Leaning against the counter in my local fishmonger in Carmarthenshire, I listen to the owner tell the inside story of his years as a fish...
Pointe de Nantaux
Over Christmas we drove out to the Alps to stay with friends. There had been a heavy snowfall in November but none at all since. The snow...
