How to cook and prepare a spider crab
Preparing crab takes time and is a real challenge, but so rewarding. It is the freshest and most flavourful way to eat it. I really believe that putting in the extra effort helps us value and savour the food we eat. Store the live crab in the fridge under a damp tea towel for up […]
Veg Box – Watercress
This post was previously published on www.goodbyesupermarkets.co.uk A wonderful springtime green is Watercress. A powerhouse of vitamins and minerals that should perhaps have been Popeye’s iron rich, muscle pumping, bicep bulging choice of greenery. Spring is here and early. Somehow we seemed to have missed winter, the weather has been barmy! I’m interested to see […]
June – Fish on Friday, Pan-fried pollack with aioli and baby artichokes
Previously published on www.fishonfriday.org.uk visit their website for the recipe. Summer is officially here: let’s make the most of it, get down to the beach and enjoy fish at its freshest, straight from the sea! Around this time of year mackerel chase whitebait close into shore, creating a feeding frenzy that makes the sea boil. […]
Wild Food, foraging in May
This month Absolutely Wild’s Peter Studzinski drops by to give us some great tips about foraging in May. For foraging, May is a transitional month between spring and summer. The beginning of the month is still very much spring, but by the end of May you are getting early summer classics like elderflower and even the […]
Veg Box – Wild Garlic
‘You may occasionally find wild garlic for sale in local farmer’s markets, but they grow abundantly, so why not go out in search of your own?’ The days are getting longer and spring is quickly passing. But we still have a little longer to wait until the warm days of summer bring bountiful fresh vegetables […]
May – Fish on Friday, Ceviche
I’m writing for a new website called www.fishonfriday.org.uk It’s brilliantly informative about all things fish, with recipes, techniques, and buckets of information about sustainability. This month I’m looking at Hake, asparagus, strawberries, May pole punch, and al fresco dining with a recipe for drunken prawn ceviche. It’s hot enough to sunbathe, gardens are blooming and the […]
