Category Archives: Food & Wine

Foraging in Sussex: Hunter:Gather:Cook School 2011

Photo by Nick Weston

WHAT A YEAR its been- I never expected when I started this website 4 years ago it would go from an online world of posting recipes, experiments and experiences and turn into something, real, interactive and informative.

The Homemade Ice Cream Machine

Homemade Ice Cream

Childish excitement aside, the prospect of ice cream is a wonderful thing. I must confess I was more of a sun lolly kid myself- ingeniously designed like a PG pyramid tea bag to prevent kids on a sugar high flipping the contents out onto the floor

How to make salt: Fleur de Sel… Atlantique

Mastering the basics is a must for anyone who cooks: whipping up a béchamel, making mayonnaise, pastry, ragu, stock, bread, the list goes on…

Accommodation Italy: participating vs. spectating

As we opened the door to the back patio, there they were: a love-insatiable dog, a just-loving-enough cat, and a setting on the edge of the vineyard with a view to the surrounding farms and hills.

HOW TO: Find Cauliflower and Hedgehog mushrooms

Wow, what a mushroom season! As I have been spending plenty of time grubbing about the woods in search of something tasty for tea, I though I would take the vid cam out and try and capture some of my amateur tips for the amateur mushroom hunter.

In praise of local pasta makers

Following on for a recent article about food shopping in Buenos Aires, I want to give a shout out to my local pasta maker, Impacto Fabrica de Pastas (Carranza 1953).

Honesty boxes

High summer sees vegetable plots across the country bursting at the seams with fresh produce, most people grow enough to furnish their own tables from time to time, but there are a handful of green-fingered wizards that have taken their patches to the next level

Ideas for the travelling foodie

The rising popularity of prime time cooking challenges and the rock-star status of the world’s celebrity chefs has made one simple fact abundantly clear: we love to eat!