Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Up until a week ago, I hadn’t the foggiest how to find a violet. I wasn’t even sure what they looked like! But having spent some time scouring the countryside (thankfully my friends don’t mind waiting whilst I examine random leaves and flowers while we walk) I’m seeing them everywhere. […]
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Juniper Bush Researching for this blog I opened a veritable Pandora’s box of folklore. Apparently juniper could be used for anything from protecting your home from thieves and witches, treating burns and even a vaginal douche. Oh, and making Gin of course. It is my job to distill the stories […]
08/04/2021 10 Fantastic Facts You Never Knew About Rupert Bear Rupert bear is nothing short of a national treasure. Since first appearing on the pages of the Daily Express, the loveable bear has come to occupy a place in the hearts of children and adults alike. Rupert stands as an icon of English nostalgia- as […]
Myth: Foraging is harmful to the environment and not sustainable and should be avoided for both personal use and commercial gain. The Wild Food trend continues to grow in the uk, with more and more restaurants and supermarkets offering foraged foods to their customers as the demand for delights like wild garlic, ceps and elderflower […]
08/10/2021 How did Rosehips Help Us Win the War? When it comes to flowers, there are few the brits love quite as much as the rose. Its beautiful blooms and breathtaking scent have enthralled the hearts of the nation for over half a millennia (since the Tudor Rose became our nation’s emblem), despite the bite […]
02/02/2021 On the Catwalk: Roasted Sexy Swede with Maple Syrup and Thyme Strutting its stuff on the catwalk this week is the Sexy Swede. It may not have the elegance of an asparagus or the beauty of a beetroot but its sexiness comes from within. Duncans’ Roasted Sexy Swede with Maple Syrup and Thyme recipe […]
19/05/2021 Foraging Fairytales: Wild Garlic Also known as: Bear’s Garlic, Gypsies Onions or Ramsons/Ramsins. When it comes to wild garlic, I just can’t get enough. Since first scouting it in March, I’ve spent many a walk lining my (now lightly fragranced) pockets with bushels of the stuff. Unfortunately, the season is coming to an end, […]
18/07/2022 Should We Eat Jellyfish? As I sit and write this it is hot! Unusually for the UK, it has been hot for weeks, and the heatwave is only set to continue. Luckily, I live by the coast and when I’m not at home writing blogs about food, you can almost certainly find me at […]
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. Read More 24/12/2021 Rudolph’s Pickled Red Nosed Spiced Red […]
The myth: Sugar is evil, it should be avoided at all costs and replaced with natural sweeteners. Imagine a caveman. A stone aged hunter gatherer, struggling to survive after a long hard winter. It’s early spring and although there are plenty of flowers and blossoms, we are well and truly in the hunger gap and […]
When I think of Native Americans I am guilty of being influenced more by old cowboy films than real life. In my mind I see feather headdresses, redskins and peace pipes. I also hear the very haunting, smooth montage music as my ‘Indian Brave’ is at one with nature and sending smoke signals across the […]
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.’ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, by William Wordsworth There’s that […]
08/06/2022 Baby Mini Forager Organic T-Shirt Mini Forager T-shirt. Keep your mini forager cosy with this super soft cotton T-shirt. Perfect for all their wild adventures. These beautiful T-shirts are 100% organic ring -spun combed cotton, making each one super soft on your little one’s skin. There is a shoulder placket with one snap in […]
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