I do love the colour of beetroot, its glorious deep fuschia just makes me feel good looking at it. Add chickpeas, oil, garlic, lemon and some ground cumin in the ….Read more

Ingredients 4 litres hot water 700g sugar Juice and zest of four lemons 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar About 15 elderower heads, in full bloom A pinch of dried yeast ….Read more

I’d kind of given up including recipes in our newsletters as I can see by my sneaky control panel that not many of you read them. Still, this is a ….Read more

This time you get a sneak peek into my kitchen where my wife Siobhan shares her recipe for parsley pesto. Sometimes the best things happen by accident and this pesto ….Read more

Potatoes are a staple, a real mainstay of the kitchen but I think we can take them for granted in this part of the world. I grew up in a ….Read more

This recipe comes comes courtesy of the very generous Domini Kemp (on the right) who has given us access to her recipe book. I’m off bread because I can’t sleep ….Read more

In my opinion Kale is an underrated crop. It’s really easy to grow, doesn’t suffer as much from the usual brassica problems, is very good for you and tastes delicious. ….Read more

First prepare the “beurre d’escargots” (Snail butter if you weren’t listening in school) The snails we are adding in the recipe have been simmered for 15 mins and prepared as ….Read more

Ingredients: A lump of butter. A large onion. Some spring onions. Half a cup of dry white wine. 2 and a half pounds of cockles you picked yourself. Some parsley. ….Read more