A very Seasonal Christmas Dinner

This Christmas, our long-awaited Christmas dinner excelled itself once again and represented everything Seasonal and local. Beef Wellington has become the Christmas Day tradition in our household. We sourced our whole beef fillet from our local award-winning family butcher, Barrett Bros in Crewkerne. We accompanied the Wellington with British Maris Piper potatoes- disguised by creamy

Travel | Edinburgh

We’ve just returned from a lovely few days in Edinburgh (and my first time in beautiful Scotland!) so we thought we’d give you a run down of some our favourite Scottish food and drink delights that we came across on our travels.   Scotts Kitchen Scotts Kitchen is situated in Edinburgh Old down, overlooking the

Final Days of Summer

A few days ago we said a final farewell to our summer holidays (and it turns out the blissful long spell of perfect sunny weather too) with a homemade seasonal three course meal. A delicious summer date night filled with August goodies which paid tribute to the beautiful summer we’ve had and offered a prelude

Seaton Eats Boutique

Seaton Eats Boutique is a pop up evening food festival that happens on the first Friday of the summer months at Jubilee Gardens on Seaton sea front in Devon. It has been running for three summers and is the perfect seasonal food destination for a warm summer evening on the Jurassic Coast. The pop up boutique

Travel | Northern Ireland

We’ve just got back from a very {unusually} sunny Northern Ireland and of course with travel comes lots of local food and drink! Like much of the UK, Northern Ireland’s culinary tradition stems from its farming tradition, creating a staple diet based around grains to make breads and potato crops. Everywhere we ate though seemed

Seasonal Thai Curry feat. Jersey Royal new potatoes and summer green beans

We added a Thai twist to our seasonal menu last week, with a spin on a BBC Good Food Thai Green curry recipe that we found online. We swapped the suggested green curry paste for yellow and added a whole chilli, seeds and all, to add a bit of extra panache! We also used organic

Bandari: {spices}

Tonight we enjoyed Bandari Monkfish from Sabrina Ghayour’s fabulous Middle Eastern cookbook Persiana, bandari signifying the generous use of Iranian spices. The Monkfish, the most grotesque of all sea predators, is also known as the ‘Angler fish’ due to the bizarre anatomical lure protruding from just above its numerous razor-sharp teeth, which are perfectly placed for catching unsuspecting ocean-dwelling

Creamy Asparagus & Stilton Soup

We love making soups throughout every season. They are perfect for using up leftovers and for cramming your body with lots of veggie vitamins & minerals and healthy goodness. This velvety soup uses our beloved queen of British seasonal food and one of my favourite ever veggies- spring asparagus, paired with delicious decadent creamy Stilton

Hello Spring

Now that Spring has finally sprung, it actually felt at the Bank Holiday weekend like we’d almost skipped this wonderful industrious season and plunged straight into summer! As I sit typing, I am enjoying the first of this Season’s early British strawberries from my local Waitrose and they are a plump, delicious glimpse of the

The Cat Head Inn | Chiselborough

The Cat Head Inn in South Somerset is a delightful and cosy spot to enjoy freshly cooked, locally sourced West Country food. It is a frequent treat in our seasonal calendar. Warmed by two log fires, the historic Inn offers a nicely varied menu which is updated weekly to make the most of the best

The Great British Breakfast

The English Breakfast is a stalwart on our blustery isles and has become a favourite in homes and cafes nationwide as well as recreated all over the world. It has certainly brightened our weekends throughout our seasonal journey so far- the best of British produce giving us many a hearty delicious Sunday Brunch. Below is

an early burns night

Occuring a month after Christmas, to celebrate the life and poetry of Scotsman Robert (‘Rabbie’) Burns, ‘Burns Night’ is the next foodie festival in many of our diaries and like our favourite turkey-sprouts holiday, this traditional Scottish celebration champions sturdy British winter produce. Like Christmas, it is one of our remaining popular culinary traditions that