You may well be a traditionalist and like nothing more than a wafer thin crepe glistening with lemon and a sprinkle of caster sugar. Or perhaps like me, your mantra is always ‘waste not, want not’. So when there is a brown banana lingering in the fruit...
Bean to bar chocolate is carefully created in micro batches using cacao that has been fairly traded directly from the growers and farmers. These are beans that have been harvested from trees that have been carefully cultivated for generations by families who care...
The British Pie Awards Let’s hear it for the pie makers, the butchers and the bakers who delivered their wares to St Mary’s Church, Melton Mowbray on Wednesday 6th March 2019 for the eleventh ‘British Pie Awards’. They took the time, care and...
Thank you to Marie-Claire and Michelle, the Country Living Chefs, for making us so welcome at the Christmas Fair this week. Ideal to feed a crowd, these colourful ‘pass and share platters’ make a welcome start to a lazy morning during the holiday season. Sage and...
Lisa is totally overwhelmed to receive this kind recognition at the Taste of Dorset Awards this week and would like to thank everyone for their brilliant support and messages. She says.. ‘Just over a...
It’s always a joy to join Alison and the after school allotment club in Cranborne. The children are so enthusiastic about cooking the produce they have grown. For the second year running we have been involved in the RHS Big Soup Share. Chopped butternut...
Under the watchful eye of Chef Valentina Harris, I was delighted to join fellow judges Mary McNeal and Phillip Lowery, at the weekend. together we worked our way through some of the best ingredients and artisan goods that the the South West, Isles of Scilly and the...
It was a real treat to catch up with some familiar faces at Hampton Court Flower Show this week as well as meet some new friends. We gathered a basketful of homegrown produce and a great big box of delights from Emma of St Giles Walled Kitchen Garden and prepared a...
We are so excited to receive the news from Taste of the West that following a mystery visit this April, we have been awarded GOLD for our farmhouse bed and breakfast. Feedback from the judges and Taste of the West panel: Quality of the breakfast This was as near...
Dalemain Mansion in Cumbria is home to The World Marmalade Awards and festival which in its thirteenth year took place on the weekend of 17th and 18th March 2018. This event attracts visitors from across the globe along with a mountain of marmalade for judging. ...
Talented Norwegian food stylist and photographer Maria Villmones Bondeson achieved her ultimate goal with the ‘world’s best cake’. This great story all began with a trip to Dorset to attend Karen Barnes food writing course which we host here in the...
Thank you so much for your support at Lisa’s demonstration at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. We hope you enjoyed your time in the cookery theatre and make the recipes at home. Don’t forget to contact us with any questions that you may have or post...
Would you like a cup of tea? I hear myself saying almost as soon as visitors have stepped over the threshold. The joy of offering hospitality is something that I learnt from my Grandfather at a very early age. ‘Stick the kettle on nipper’ he would say, as guests,...
If you cannot wait for afternoon tea then try our cheese scones liberally spread with your favourite cream cheese or butter. Just in time for your mid morning coffee or lunch. We have named them after the delicious cheddar made at Chalke Valley Cheese which is in...
“Recipes form part of every day life at All Hallows and it’s a great pleasure to share some of my own favourites in the same way we love to share food in our farmhouse kitchen. Many of my recipes have developed because of my love of AGA cooking... 