Mackerel are one of our favourite summer fishes, indicating that summer is finally here. As a keen fisherman, nothing beats a mackerel straight out of the sea and cooked over a fire on the beach. We are fortunate in West Dorset to be close to the sea, where they can...
Traditionally asparagus season starts around St. George's Day on 23rd April but two growers - Wye Valley and New Forest Fruit are both available to buy now. All asparagus growers in Britain, however, stop cutting spears on 21 June – Midsummer’s Day – which is the traditional date for the asparagus...
This is an amazingly moist chocolate cake with the surprising addition of beetroot as its main ingredient. The earthy, sweet notes of the beetroot are a perfect foil for the bitter chocolate. New season beetroot should be in the shops or your garden soon, and the smaller sweet beets are...
Forced rhubarb Yorkshire brings a welcome and refreshing brightness to cooking this time of year. With the delicate pink stems being forced and grown in sheds without light – it is grown in an area known as the ‘Yorkshire Triangle’, originally comprising Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford at its height in...
Once again, the wild garlic season is here, along with daffodils in the hedges and lambs in the fields. It's a promise of longer days and warmer weather around the corner. It is plentiful in Dorset and can grow in many moist places, look in the woodlands or along the...
