Food banks are on the rise. In the last five years the use of Trussell Trust food banks has risen by 74% and the number of adults who are food insecure in Briatin has quadrupeled since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic. Malvern is a quaint and wealthy Victorian town that’s is well known for…
Category: England
Cathy’s Port Eliot parmesan biscuits
Like me, the majority of Cathy’s memories, sweet and sad, seem to be hung around food and relationships with people she loves. As I listen to her describe her life, the food memories she conjures through her storytelling take on a peachy pink glow. I can hear the crackle of the campfire on the Isle…
Smoky Jo’s easy peasy smoked salmon
I’ve wanted to meet Jo Hampson ever since I tasted a slice of her smoked chicken. It was so delicious that it has been logged as one of my ‘food memories’, vivid and clear enough so that I can still taste the smoky, unnervingly tender chicken in my mouth. Where did this chicken come from?…
The Broma Boys’ Butternut Squash Rogan Josh
Inspired by a version of a healthy hot chocolate, school friends Oli and Charlie launched ‘Broma’, a chocolate sauce that’s made of raw cacao, date syrup and not much else.
The recipe they’ve chosen to share here is not a chocolate one, but a delicious and healthy butternut squash curry that was synonymous with the early days of setting up their business.
Raphi’s Nettle Soup with Wild Garlic Pesto
This nettle soup recipe was inspired by my colleague Raphi, who is a wild food lover and studying herbal medicine. Nettles have long been known for their immune boosting qualities, and now is the best time of year to pick them as the leaves are still young and tender. Easily found, foraging for nettles is…
People I Meet and Food They Eat 