Saffron Strands

Almond, Polenta and Lemon Cake with blackberry compote Blackberries, or brambles, are probably the most widely foraged foodstuff in th...

Rosie's Blackcurrant and Lemon Posset Blackcurrants don't have the jewel-like appearance of red and white currants but they pa...

The harvest in August Walking through the gate to the allotments I exchange hard tarmac for soft, yielding grass; honking car horns fo...

Raspberryade The raspberry harvest can get a little out of hand at this time of year.  It reaches a point when even friends and neighb...

Cucumber Salad 'Cool as a cucumber' (idiom) - calm, self-possessed, imperturbable, unruffled.  This most definitely does no...

Cherries & green almonds The first English cherries have arrived with early varieties Inga and Merchant making an appearance at ma...

Nacka Strand, Stockholm, around midnight early July It took me a few hours to get my bearings on my first visit to Stockholm.  Spread ...