Pickled and spiced pears
One of our pear trees 'Concorde' has finally decided to give us some fruit of which we are very grateful (about time). Being a bit short...
Feasting favourite
This year our favourite feasting main course ands most popular was the whole roasted shoulder of lamb. Braised for 8 hours with anchovy,...
Pick and Mix Pudding
Sometimes a plated pudding after a feasting main course doesn't feel right. We came up with the idea of a build your own, pick and mix...
Bowl food birthday in Somerset
Its always fun when you get asked to cook some dishes you have written on a menu and no one has chosen. We got to try these out at a...
Abbey house gardens BBQ Wedding
This was our first time at Abbey House gardens in Malmsbury and what a venue. Overlooked by the ruins it is an enchanted series of spaces...
Ramsons!
Wild garlic, Ramsons, wood garlic etc is pretty hard to find near us in between Salisbury and Amesbury, we had to head out to the next...
Snowed in
The 'Beast from the East' has put Spring back a while we think. Frustrating!
Smoked eel, forced rhubarb and ground elder
We wanted to make a dish with the two things that are edible and growing around us at the moment. Our lovely forced rhubarb And one of...
The Real Cure
Tipped off by one of our prospective married couples we got a tip to visit James at The Real Cure He was kind enough to give us a tasting...
Kimchi
Its December and there is not alot of anything left in the garden, just a few sorry sprouts and half a ton of Jerusalem artichokes. The...
