Doesn’t this photo just say it all. Summer on a plate. I defy anyone not to dive in when a platter of these makes its appearance at any summer party. I can barely believe that these were an afterthought. They were the leftovers from a batch of puff pastry I made [...]

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There are a few things that come to mind as quintessentially British summer: Pimms, a maximum of 3 days of actual summer, a rained out Wimbledon championship, and of course strawberries. Well we’ve now had two hot days in a row which may have broken some sort of English record, and with local [...]

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It seems the very air I breath is permeated with wild garlic this week. Wild garlic or ramsons is similar to ramps, or wild leeks, both belonging to the allium family. Like ramps they grow anywhere moist and shady, like damp woods, stream banks etc. They do have a bulb which is edible, [...]

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In winter our morning walk to school is not my favourite thing and I generally try and convince Dakota that a less eco-friendly door - to - door chauffeur approach is warranted. But in spring and summer we park in the neighboring village and walk across the fields. This morning it feels like [...]

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The thing about me, my mother and kitchens is that we’ve spent a lot of time in them together. If not in her kitchen at home, in her restaurant kitchen, where I learnt how to work. And I do mean work. Commercial kitchens are in no way glamorous. Mascara melts off [...]

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