Eating Organic Fruit and Veg for my Health, my Local Economy and my Genes
Contents of my organic fruit and veg box (there was another apple and another orange but I ate them already). It comes to £12.30. When the omnivore’s dilemma strikes there’s no shortage of conflicting...
View ArticleBrandy Apple Pie with Cheddar Pastry
The pie filled with apple slices My roots are in the lush pasture and laden orchards of Somerset. I love this time of year in the West Country, when the countryside turns bright green as the weather...
View ArticleLambs Kidneys with Anchovy and Rosemary Butter
After making a stock from pigs ears and feet a few weeks ago, I feel ready to face any part of the animal that crosses my path. The thought of eating charred, slightly pink in the middle kidney seems a...
View ArticleUrban Harvesting
Me with the pigs in Somerset Growing up on the rural Devon-Somerset border I have always been aware of the crops the other side of the hedgerows and the animals grazing the fields. In our back garden...
View ArticleChocolate Pot
Scraping the vanilla seeds This pot of vanilla infused dark chocolate is gently baked in a bain marie before chilling in the fridge for six hours; you have to break through a firm crust to get to the...
View ArticleBuried Treasure
View from Deborah and Robbie’s House Over the summer I went on a family holiday to stay with friends in the Ardèche. Its no surprise that the south of France is one of the most popular tourist...
View ArticleHow the Yeast was Won – a Joycott Profile
Check out my article on Tracebridge Sourdough for Joycott.com, ‘How the Yeast was Won’: http://www.joycott.com/how-the-yeast-was-won Joycott promotes socially responsible companies. If you can think of...
View ArticleLittle John
Me (left) and Cam (right) in front of the entrance to the cheese factory I was delighted to be asked back for a second cheese making session in Brockley yesterday with Cameron Rowan, one of the four...
View ArticleDough balls in Parthenay
Due to my brother Henry’s interest in history and archeology, we always look for sites of historic interest when we go on holiday en famille. While in France this year, we wandered through the cobbled...
View ArticleUrban Honey Bees
Lb and 1/2 Lb Jars of Balham Garden Honey As a country boy moving to London, I’m still not used to the business of the big city: the ever-present roar of traffic; the frantic scurry of endless herds...
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