Saffron Strands

Warm Plum & Citrus Compote Jane Grigson wrote in 1982 of the ubiquity of the Victoria plum.  Since 1840, when a stray seedlin...

Blueberry & Raspberrry Mascarpone Pot On this day of the autumnal equinox the temperature is hovering around 20 degrees C through...

Apricot & Nougat choc ice La Grotta Ices A battered copy of Chez Panisse Desserts by Lindsey Remolif Shere sits on the book...

LeCoq Roast chicken & Caponata After far too many lean years London has seen a spate of quality chicken restaurants opening in the...

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...