Sharing original, seasonal recipes from the cookbooks and the café, focusing on preserving, reducing food waste and inspiring traditional, home cooking & crafts.
Our chilli plants at home are still going strong, and there's plenty available at the markets – but not for long. This week we're sharing our recipe for everyone's favourit...
We love making savoury jams from tomatoes, carrots, beets or celery! This summery jam is so good on steak sandwiches, cheese toasties or with cured meats. You can also add ...
Shrubs are a rather old fashioned acidulated beverage that is making a strong come back in mixology circles. Originally a shrub was used to preserve fruit syrups through th...
Green Tomatoes – unripe red tomatoes – are our favourite spring vegetable. Tart, crunchy and delicious, they make the best pickles, and these ones just get better and bette...
When the mangoes are cheap or you have a neighbourhood mango tree that is dropping fruit faster than you can eat it, make this chutney! It's delicious with seafood, ham and...
What is better than corn on the cob? Corn on the cob with this insane aioli. This is the perfect summer dish - we'd even say it's a summer essential - warmly welcomed at a...
We have an unruly field of nasturtiums growing in our back yard. When the warm weather hits and the flowers start to drop you'll start seeing the pods appear. They're time ...
Here is our head chef Sabine's famous, quintessential summer salad that we serve on our annual Tomato Day, during our summer workshops, and in the cafe. By the end of summe...
Stone fruit season is back! These pickled peaches will be amazing on your Christmas table; with your ham, cheeses or through a salad. They also make excellent gifts so get...
