“I haven’t seen a single sheep since I’ve been here”. I’m talking to Lara Lindsay, my friend who up until last year, was running a restaurant in Bristol, but now lives on an island in Finland, just 15 minutes from the Russian border. We spend most of the time talking about growing vegetables, her love…
Category: Lunch
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 Pasta Queen’s Oxtail Ragu and Maloreddus
This recipe comes from my dear cousin-in-law, better known to the outside world as the charming, hard-working and endlessly talented ‘Rosie MacKean, Pasta Queen’. Rosie chose oxtail because its cheap, versatile and packed full of flavour. Ragu is the perfect meal to feed a crowd, and is a staple Christmas dish in the MacKean household.
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…
Mrs Nugent’s Green Tomato Chow
There’s a glut of green tomatoes from the organic farm I have just started working on. My mind turned to the wonderful Mrs Nugent (A.K.A Yvonne) in Nova Scotia and her Green Tomato Chow that Cass and I had whilst we stayed with her this summer. I’ve tried recreating it following her recipe, which she…
Vegan Storm Bars
I wish I was someone who found the vegan or healthy option appealing, but I’m really not. Butter is King in my opinion and a life without it is a life not worth living. HOWEVER, these vegan tahini bars from No. 9 Cafe in Lunenburg were unbelievable. Cass and I sheltered there one morning whilst…
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