Cooking · Country life · Food & Drink · Foraging

Homemade horseradish sauce…

Now, I like foraging and for a few years I’ve had ambitions of hunting for horseradish. I was inspired by a cracking horseradish sauce I had with a roast at a pub in north Norfolk. It was at once hot, peppery and creamy and perfect with beef. Come November each year I’ve set about searching… Continue reading Homemade horseradish sauce…

Dahlias · Gardening · Kitchen garden · Woodworking

A vase fit for an array of dazzling dahlias…

It’s no secret, I’m mad on dahlias. The love affair has been a fairly recent one – well, one year, two months and seventeen days to be precise. It all began after a visit to the Norfolk & Suffolk Dahlia Society’s show last year. Imagine a village hall bursting to the rafters with hundreds of… Continue reading A vase fit for an array of dazzling dahlias…

Baking · Cooking · Food & Drink

Walnut and caramel tart recipe…

I’ve just returned indoors after a stint spent cleaning the last of this year’s windfall walnuts. October marks the peak of the harvest but a few stragglers hold on into November. Each year the harvest is a race against not just time but also the squirrels. There’s a balance to be made between waiting for… Continue reading Walnut and caramel tart recipe…