In the midst of winter you’d be fooled into think there isn’t much wild food around. It’s true that there is a lot less than at other times of the year but even on the coldest days something can be found, you just might have to look that little bit harder.
Unlike other times of year [...]

May day wild food Foray on Durdham Downs – 5pm Durdham Down bookshop, Bristol – May 1st – Price TBA.
Forage on the Downs and then return for refreshments and book signing. (more details to follow). Bookings will be taken through Durdham Downs books.

Evening Wild food stroll – Bath – 13th May – 7pm-9pm – £15 [...]

Home brewing – February 4th – 7-9pm – £5 per person – Bristol, Boiling Wells Lane – FULLY BOOKED
Learn how to successfully make ales and country wines without having to use kits and using ingredients and to some extent equipment available to yourself. We will be learning in a relaxed informal atmosphere and you will [...]

I love Middle Eastern food in all shapes and forms. Nothing satisfies me more than tucking into a mezze platter of falafels, domla (or dolmades), homous, olives and pita bread served up on a bed of salad leaves with perhaps a salsa dipping sauce on the side.
However, nearly all the ingredients have to be flown [...]

Why keep buying crackers when you can make them at home? Not only that these are well nice and pretty easy to make. They can keep for a while if you put them in a sealed container and away from sunlight.
Ingredients
100g Butter
150g plain flour
45ml Milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
A third of a teaspoon of salt.
Method
Sift [...]

Although I’m not entirely sure where this bread got its name from, perhaps it was baked in Shakespearian times.  The only reference I can find for Elsinore is from the city in Denmark where Hamlet is set. What I do know is that it’s a relatively easy bread to make and that it taste gorgeous. [...]

Does Father Christmas/Santa exist? Of course he does. However, he has to deliver to 1.8 million homes so we want to help him out. Here’s a few ideas and Mr Christmas if you are reading this I actually do want socks this Christmas and I have been a good boy (pretty much).