A budget of local, home grown and wild produce...
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Food hampers make thoughtful and useful gifts, offering your friends or family those little luxuries. It is also a great way to send a special gift if you cannot be there in person. Food hampers can range from around £25.00 to over £150, so there is always something for everybody. A simple thank you bottle [...]
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The biggest ever Taste Cumbria Food Festival which took place in Cockermouth this September has been declared a triumph for the region. Weeks of Cumbrian rain gave way to a remarkably warm and sunny weekend, resulting in the Lakeland main street of Cockermouth packed with over 20,000 visitors from both in and out of the [...]
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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 very little flesh. Although they can be used to make jam, you will spend a lot of time [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
