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Elderflower madeleines with rhubarb glaze
Easier to make than you might think.
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In hope of reincarnation as a bean
What would you want to come back as? I’d want to come back as a broad bean. But any bean would do. Here's why. Plus three recipes for beans.
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A batch-cook recipe in anticipation of the first pea harvest
With my peas are finally in the ground, I cook a freezer-friendly pea and butterbean mash with salsa verde legumes to celebrate.
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Why radishes are a gateway drug & a radish tarte Tatin for your first score
Radishes are everything a homegrown vegetable should be. And, when roasted, as in this tarte Tatin recipe, a magical transformation occurs.
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April 2024

APRIL NEWSLETTER
More dates for us to cook and eat together (Fortnum's classes & a brand new supper club date included), plus spring recipes and exciting garden changes.
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Spring panzanella and other ways with asparagus
FREE TO READ: a simple salad of asparagus, peas, broad beans, croutons and the jungle of green that makes up my spring herb bed. Plus, more ways to cook…
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How to propagate herbs (& other life lessons) with Jekka McVicar
Herb-growing pioneer, Jekka McVicar, shows me how to propagate oregano as we talk about life, her new book, and how everything changed because Mary…
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Why I’m getting an allotment (spoiler: to grow asparagus for this recipe)
Why I might finally have room to grow asparagus and why this asparagus orzo recipe with wild garlic breadcrumbs will be the first recipe I make.
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Be honest about your love affair with wild garlic (then cook this)
Plus, an adoring wild garlic recipe. If garlic bread and chicken kiev had a lovechild it would be this: garlic butter flatbreads, crispy chicken and…
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The trickiness of purple sprouting broccoli & a spelt & anchovy salad in exaltation
A sod to grow, but this is the recipe to celebrate if you manage it: roasted with chilli and garlic, tossed with anchovy sauce, spelt & almonds. Plus…
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March 2024

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