Hairy Bikers Perfect Pies book out now
The Hairy Bikers know their pies and their most recent publication "Perfect Pies" is a comprehensive… [more]
Save money and grow your own
Spend £200 to save a possible £1,564 on shop prices, just by growing your own crops, according to the… [more]
West Dean Foraging Course
Nik Westacott, West Dean foraging expert will be leading a wild food foray on the West Dean Estate on… [more]
Hampers make great gifts
Food hampers make thoughtful and useful gifts, offering your friends or family those little luxuries. It… [more]
Triumph for Taste Cumbria Food Festival 2011
The biggest ever Taste Cumbria Food Festival which took place in Cockermouth this September has been… [more]
Hedgerow food
West Dean Foraging Course
Nik Westacott, West Dean foraging expert will be leading a wild food foray on the West Dean Estate on Thursday 20 October. Foraging, especially for mushrooms, has long been a passion wild food … [Read More...]
Spiced Sloe and Apple jelly
We all know that Sloes make a great Sloe gin or Liqueur but combined with apples, they can also make a wonderful rich jelly. Tiny purple sloes look like miniature plums and have a huge seed and … [Read More...]
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Mushrooms Make Sense
Mushrooms Make Sense is an informative and fun website run by the Mushroom Bureau. The Mushroom Bureau funding members are made up from mushroom growers and associated trades in the UK, Ireland and … [Read More...]
Make it Yourself
Cucumber pickle
This lovely European pickle is a great way to use up a glut of cucumbers. Do not panic at the amount of salt you see in the recipe, the salt is used to draw moisture from the cucumber and you will be rinsing this away before making the pickle. The art to this pickle is in the preparation, to … [Read More...]
River Cottage Ginger Beer
Making your own alcoholic ginger beer is simple, quick and very cost effective. We have detailed the River Cottage version below which is our favourite. This is a cloudy and very lively beer, so we only make about five bottles of this in one go. By the time you get round to drinking the last … [Read More...]
Mum Still Knows Best Cookbook
Mums Still Know Best: The Hairy Bikers' Best-Loved Recipes is out to buy now. We get many requests for recipes from Si and Daves Mum Knows Best series, so we have added thier books from the popular TV series to our Amazon bookstore. When Hairy Bikers, Si and Dave, toured the country in … [Read More...]
