Everyone’s into the Good Life these days, which means a glut of produce from your own or your friends’ gardens....
Time was, everyone pickled their garden and hedgerow glut, a few days each autumn set aside for the supremely satisfying...
Among the greatest joys of summer are the berries the sunshine brings with it. But what to do with them? Try these… 1. Dish the dirt Keep fresh berries in the fridge, but avoid washing them first (unless you like them soft and mouldy…). Wash immediately before you use them, and...
As the vegetable garden yields its autumn treasures, the temperature drops and the nights draw in, this is the season...
It’s soup season! Jane Pikett serves up the best of the autumn harvest in beautiful bowls of comfort and joy Roast butternut squash soup Hungarian mushroom soup Vegetable and paneer soup...
If you’re going to do Christmas at home, you may as well do it properly. These 10 top tips all...
Would you believe that some foods – apart from the obvious mince and dumplings etc – have more warming qualities...
This is barbecue season, folks…but how many of us really know what we’re doing? Jane Pikett serves up some hot tips… Oh, the taste of the British summer – a burnt offering in a bun followed by a trip to A&E with salmonella. Okay, the A&E bit isn’t a foregone conclusion,...
What’s all this about the UK throwing away tons of food every year? Here in the appetite kitchen, we eat...
Spring is sprung dear reader, and with it comes the joy of Easter. Here are some sweet treats to delight...
What can you not do without at Christmas? A show-stopping trifle? A great prawn cocktail? The ultimate sugar-baked ham? These are some of the gems we believe no home should be without this Christmas The Low Down on… Christmas ingredients What can you not do without at Christmas? This is...
