Imogen Tinkler – Bangers & Balls

20/04/2022

Radical Rhubarb: Romance and Revolution

Sit back as I take you through the history of time on the journey of Rhubarb as we undercover candlelit sheds and wartime treats.

16/03/2022

On the Catwalk: Luscious Leeks

Strutting its leaves on the catwalk this week is the Luscious Leek. Hippocrates thought they could cure nosebleeds and Moorfields Eye Hospital say they are good for your eyesight. Read on to find out who thought they could improve your singing voice and to try Duncans Poached Leeks with Dragoncello Sauce Recipe. Something special for […]

09/03/2022

Granny’s Wild Garlic Soda Bread: Tales of Springtime Nostalgia

Food plays such an important part in our life. Recipes are passed down from generation to generation which creates tradition, nostalgia and a sense of belonging. This is what we want to share with you through foraging. A memory that you and your children will always have and pass down to the next generation when […]

05/01/2022

Fir Real: Eat your Christmas Tree

Taking down the Christmas Tree can fill you with sadness as the twinkly lights are put away for another year. Yet it doesn’t have to be like this. Your Christmas Tree can keep giving to you all year round.

30/11/2021

On the Catwalk: The Sexy Sprout Top Chorizo and Potato Soup

Straight from the farm to the catwalk is the sexy sprout top. Don’t leave …sprout haters – come back! This vibrant elegant purple-green leaved veg is a British winter wonder that tingle your taste buds. Don’t believe us? Read on to find out more. This showstopping veg is loved by allotment goers for years but […]

24/11/2021

The Strawberry Tree: An Astonishing Seasonal Fruit You Never Knew Existed

Strutting its stuff on the catwalk this week is the Strawberry Tree. This isn’t a magical tree that grows Strawberries in winter but it does grow edible fruit that ripens in November and December. There really is something for every season! For years I believed my Mama had made up the Strawberry Tree and that […]

23/11/2021

Kitchen Table Revolution this Christmas!

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store.” – Dr. Seuss Only £47 in total for for three months for you and a friend! Thats less than £2 a week! “Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that […]

08/09/2021

Crab Apple: The Look of Love

The crab apple is the prehistoric ancestor of the apple and cousin of the rose. There is so much myth and legend that surrounds it, not least because of the shape that lays inside – a pentagram. Slices of apples placed neatly on saucers have been found in tombs dating back over 5,000 years. The […]

25/06/2021

Avocado – Why do you need to be able to handle a AR-15 rifle to grow it?

I remember the first time I had an Avocado. It was in Dubai with my father at the Chicago Beach Hotel when I was 8 years old. I was sitting at the table swinging my legs and observing the expats who had travelled to Dubai to sup on alcohol. Alcohol that was illegal in dry […]

23/06/2021

Unbelievable Elderflower Legends from the Emerald Isle

“He saw fuchsia in a drizzling noonThe Elderflower at Dusk like a risen moonAnd green fields greying on the windswept heights.” Extract from Glanmore Sonnets by Irish poet Seamus Heaney Let me give you a sneak peak into the Eldertree folklore passed down to me by my Irish mother Mona and Great Uncle Harry and […]