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New Online Cookery School Directory: lookingtocook.co.uk 30 Mar 2011 | 12:44 am
Dear Artichoke followers, I hope that you still find this blog is a useful resource for seasonal food. Please see below for exclusive details of my new venture - www.lookingtocook.co.uk - you are the...
In brief season: blood oranges 8 Mar 2010 | 11:51 pm
In season around now, blood oranges are the most elusive of citrus fruits. They appear briefly for a few weeks each year with unpredictable timing. The fruit’s name comes from its garnet flesh and sc...
Baby leeks 5 Mar 2010 | 03:12 am
In France, baby leeks are considered the poor man’s asparagus. Sweet, oniony and tender they can be braised in a pan in a little water then, while they are hot, dressed on a plate with a good vinaigre...
Britain's newest vegetable: the flower sprout 2 Mar 2010 | 07:12 am
Britain has a new vegetable. Perfectly named to bridge two seasons – winter and spring - the flower sprout is a cross between a Brussel’s sprout and kale. Cultivated by British growers in the Cotswol...
Perry - is it going pear-shaped? 2 Mar 2010 | 06:52 am
Perry, or pear cider, slipped into decline more than 150 years ago when farmers replaced pear trees with shorter cider apple trees that stood up to the wind and didn’t take as long to reach maturity. ...
Banh mi - London's sandwich du jour 2 Mar 2010 | 06:50 am
Tired of the same old sub, sandwich or panini? Currently budging over the burrito for London’s hottest ethnic street-food is the banh mi, a Vietnamese snack that’s arrived here via New York. Not for ...
Pomegranates 2 Nov 2009 | 12:25 am
Now is the time to be eating pomegranates, a so-called superfood with a leathery skin and fragrant sweetsharp juice that has been used in Central Asian and Middle Eastern kitchens for centuries. Ther...
Leeks 1 Nov 2009 | 11:58 pm
Leeks have been lurking for centuries in our regional dishes such as cock-a-leekie (made by simmering beef with a capon, leeks and prunes), Welsh mutton pie and Cornish leek pie. Small and medium siz...
Quince upon a time 1 Nov 2009 | 11:53 pm
Forgotten member of the apple and pear family, the quince is an ancient fruit native to the warmer climes of southwest Asia. Quince trees are now relatively rare in Britain but Norton Priory, in Ches...
Chestnuts 1 Nov 2009 | 11:48 pm
Gusty early November is the perfect time to go gathering nuts. Rule number one for nutty foragers is not to confuse edible chestnuts with conkers. A wild sweet chestnut is one third of the size of mos...
