Summer

In Britain horseradish is traditionally seen as the quintessential accompaniment to roast beef. However I recently discovered that in several parts of Europe it is viewed as the perfect partner flavour to pork. It has also been a welcome [...]

If any vegetable seems destined to have a complex it’s beetroot. Familiar to most people covered in vinegar, favoured by hipster bakers to make their chocolate cakes sounds cool, rendering everything it touches, from chopping boards to [...]

Gooseberries are really the poor relations of the summer berries, tart, slightly tough, and hidden behind thorns that are spiky enough to make you wonder why you bother. However what you do get with gooseberries is amazing flexibility; jam, [...]

Soft fruits have been omnipresent in my life it seems, with visits to East Yonderton to pick strawberries, raspberries, and blackcurrants an annual occurrence since before I could walk. It was always jam that my Mum would make in those days, the [...]

Pork is one of those meats that seems to split opinion. The free range, full flavoured, rare breed meat I get from Harris Farm Meats is a world away from insipid factory farmed pork that so many turn their nose up at. The richness of the meat [...]

It’s this time of year when I start to visit my parents allotment regularly for seasonal fruit and vegetables. The tomatoes aren’t anywhere near ready yet, but the sorrel is flourishing in the recent spate of sunshine. Scottish lemongrass is how [...]