Project Vermouth: Part 1

My attempt to create a local variety of my favourite cocktail ingredient. This week: what on earth is vermouth anyway?

Golden rules for hosting

10 frivolous tips for DIY dinner parties! Make your kitchen a dance floor and your dining room a shrine.

How to smoke your own salmon

Some smokin’ hot tips for salmon, including how to build your own stovetop smoker from common kitchen equipment.

Wild horseradish recipes

What to do with horseradish root, burying the bodies and the perfect Bloody Mary, gazoacho for grownups

My live local challenge: week 3

Another seven days of my live local challenge, surviving on food sourced/produced within a 31 mile radius. This week flour, fungi and chestnut butter.

Sauerkraut- just say no

This post will unashamedly explain to you why you should never ever ever make sauerkraut.