by Tom Radford | Mar 21, 2025 | Food & Drink
I grew up in the 80’s so any opportunity to exhibit shameless innuendo is completely irresistible to me. When I say ‘Sticky Willy Juice’ I of course mean cleavers, or goose grass or sticky weed…you know the drill. This plant is the bane of...
by Tom Radford | Mar 20, 2025 | Food & Drink
Why, you may well ask, is Pheasant a spring recipe when the season ends at the end of January? Well, if you like me are keen on wild meat you may of been buying pheasant cheaply or doing a spot of beating with the result that one’s freezer is full to the brim...
by Tom Radford | Mar 20, 2025 | Food & Drink
Now, often the thing about wild foraged food is the goodness of the ingredients. It’s not always about the flavour as much of the wild leaves and flower buds that you might pick, whilst not flavourless, are greens, much like spinach or salad. Our ancestors ate...
by Tom Radford | Mar 6, 2025 | Food & Drink
Wild garlic season again and once again foragers across the land are storming their ‘spots’ like frenzied groupies after a rock band. It’s hardly surprising. So many foraged edibles are about as flavourful as the contents of a grass collector so this...
by Tom Radford | Mar 6, 2025 | Food & Drink
When one of my fellow foragers suggested I actually eat a catkin I politely declined. I mean if you’ve ever tried to eat one raw you’ll understand. They have all the culinary appeal of a shredded Christmas card. However she showed me a video she’d...
by Tom Radford | Mar 6, 2025 | Food & Drink
The taste of Christmas; sloe gin is utter pleasure. It’s so nice that I’ve figured out different ways to drink it, even in the summer it makes a lovely long drink with some soda. It’s not port, its not wine, it’s not sherry, it’s just its...
