Exploring the history of ‘real ale’.
“Make mine a pint of… dark, blonde or red” – it is a matter of taste. Beer choice is in part dependant on mood, occasion, or sometimes simply because of the weather. Maybe…
Interview with Jim Hamann, founder of East Coast Tinning: restorer and maker of classic copper cookware.
Copper cookware is prized by top chefs and serious cooks alike. Copper is a joy to cook with as well as a joy to look at. A row of copper pans gives a…
Food for Free: How to fill your larder from foraging, by Daniel Butler.
When the first humans arrived in Britain some 7,000 years ago they were hunter-gatherers. For the next four millennia our ancestors lived almost entirely on the natural produce of our woods, pastures, rivers…
An interview with Marjorie Taylor & Kendall Smith Franchini of The Cook’s Atelier.
Good food & fine wine lovers enjoying making real food, from scratch, sourced from the local area, in great company, in a stunningly historic building brimming with conviviality and bonhomie was the vision…
Stunning imagery from Éric Tourneret, ‘The Bee Photographer’.
All over the planet the humble honey bee busies itself with a singular purpose – perpetuation of the hive. Highly organised work-forces operate together with seamless efficiency collecting pollen and nectar for their micro-industry,…
Last bastion of an ancient tradition.
Jersey is the most southerly of the British Isles, located only 22 kilometres from the French coast of Normandy. Fairly independent, the Bailiwick of Jersey is known as a centre for international finance,…
A beginners guide to mushroom foraging by Daniel Butler, author of Fungi Forays.
The British just don’t understand wild mushrooms. If you mention the topic most people instantly think of deadly ‘toadstools’ and autumn – probably in that order. Any personal experience of harvesting will almost…
...Also known as ‘Mucky Mouth Pie’.
Has there ever been a fruit with as many different names: wimberry, whinberry, winberry, windberry, bilberry, fraughan, hurtleberry, whortleberry, blaeberry, black-heart and myrtle berry (after the wimberry’s Latin name Vaccinium myrtillus)? They are…
A brief look into the history of cocktails over the years.
Are you a purist; scientifically measuring and decanting, carefully studying the recipe? Or are you more relaxed; guesstimating a slug and hoping for the best? Or do you pretend to be ‘Bond, James…
