Saffron Strands

English Quince Quince, a fruit of the Cydonia oblonga tree, is gritty, hard and astringent.  Only its fragrance hints at what it can b...

White bean and chicory soup When the chill air of late autumn arrives, so too does my craving for the bitter qualities of chicories.  ...

Wet Walnuts Working the ground last autumn left me in no doubt that squirrels were using the badly neglected plot as a winter larder. ...

The Tiber River from Trastevere, Rome It was the children's voices drifting up from the courtyard that roused us from sleep that f...

Sanbei Octopus at Bao London I confess I've never yet joined the queue at Bao 's first restaurant on Soho's Lexington Stre...

Freshly churned Blackberry Ice Cream It's mid-August and the sun is on our backs at last.  In a summer when we've seen so litt...

Gimlet Bar Event Autumn Are you a Razzle Dazzle kind of person or is a Tongue in Cheek more your style?  Would a Quince Shrub fl...

My Strawberries Balsamic The 18th century French philosopher Diderot described strawberries as being like 'the tip of wet-nurses...