Seasonal eating, normally such a pleasure in the Somerset countryside, is proving a little disappointing this month. Hold on, that’s not entirely true. I think it is just a little disappointing as my head and heart are still weighted down and groaning with the feast of last summer’s bounty, and the [...]

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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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Seville Season is short, yet marmalade never tastes quite the same without them, so consider making a double batch to last you through the year. You will need:

900g Seville Oranges
1 large lemon
2.4 litres of filtered water
1.8kg of Sugar (preserving or granulated, although granulated should be fine as oranges are naturally high [...]

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Now that I am actively trying to eat breakfast in the morning I am forcibly reminded that January and February is Seville Orange Season. It may be an English thing, but no marmalade is quite the same as that lovingly made from these delicious Spanish Oranges. They have just the right level [...]

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