by Maggie | Jan 1, 2023 | Food & Drink Features
Potatoes are among the easiest veg to grow for newcomers – and the start of the year is the time to start thinking. Even if you only have a small area, you can grow potatoes in a large container or even a dustbin, to give you delicious early croppers which taste...
by Maggie | Dec 1, 2022 | Food & Drink Features
Baked new potatoes with soured cream and rose harissa, curried egg mayo that’s brilliant crisp dunking fodder, and rösti with lime pickle yoghurt, peas and mint. Beer food, they said, for when you’ve got people over to watch the World Cup and stuff… But what is beer...
by Maggie | Nov 1, 2022 | Food & Drink Features
From hatches to huts, sheds to retooled vehicles, let’s hear it for our terrace tuckshops and their indomitable staff. A Thursday morning in July and tourists gather outside the birthplace of the Patron Saint of Football Snack Bars. There are seven such visitors in...
by Maggie | Oct 1, 2022 | Food & Drink Features
The parsley and coriander grown by Joe Cottingham bring a hit of freshness to some of Charlie Bigham’s most popular ready-to-cook dishes. Sophie Goddard hears about the blood, sweat and tears that go into growing herbs. Joe Cottingham’s day begins hours before most of...
by Maggie | Aug 31, 2022 | Food & Drink Features
We’re all looking towards sustainability and not chucking garden stuff away, whether it be old tools, gluts of veg or clippings. As you start your great garden clear-up at the end of summer, spare a thought for what you may be throwing away. Old squeaky tools, blunt...
by Maggie | Aug 31, 2022 | Food & Drink Features
Stunning views over lakes and rivers make these the prettiest places to enjoy a pint, and maybe stay a night. The Cross Guns, Wiltshire A honey-stone exterior gives way to beautiful gardens with panoramic views of the River Avon, fringed with weeping willows. There is...