The smell of roasted sweet chestnuts evokes memories of Christmas markets and the festive season. Despite the Christmas traditions, sweet chestnuts actually come into season in October in the UK. ...
This moreish risotto is the perfect comforting meal for autumnal evenings. The roasted chestnuts add a little bite and sweetness, while the savoury umami flavour of dried porcini mushrooms adds ...
This tomato galette is a great way to use up late ripening tomatoes. Our greenhouse is full of tomatoes which are only starting to turn from green to red, but ...
With October comes some of the most celebrated flavours and scents of autumn – squash, cinnamon, apples and log fires. It’s an atmospheric month with crisp, misty mornings, fiery colours ...
Autumn is a favourite season of many and for good reason. From comforting meals full of seasonal flavour to crisp, but sunny days surrounded by the changing colours, there’s a ...
By late August and early September, it’s hard to avoid talk of autumn and its cosy knits and comforting meals. But let’s not fast forward too quickly. The autumn equinox, ...
The deep blue-purple berries of the blackthorn are popular with foragers seeking to make a delicious bottle of sloe gin. Like finding blackberries in season or foraging for wild garlic, ...
Linked to slow gardening, which promotes a deeper connection to the seasons and natural world, and slow food, which champions local, seasonal produce, the slow flowers movement is another offshoot ...
The slow food movement, which began in the 1980s in Italy, ignited the wider slow living movement as we know it today. The slow food movement celebrates local food traditions, ...