The Joys of Growing Your Own
‘I firmly believe that vegetables – and their vegetative relatives, herbs and fruits – are the cook’s greatest asset. Any cook who thinks veg is the least interesting part of a meal, a bore to prepare, and a mere adjunct
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Why Seasonality Matters
‘Shopping and cooking seasonally is not a high-minded duty or a restrictive chore but a liberating pleasure. The downside of the modern food culture of infinite year-round choice is a kind of options paralysis
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Meat and Right
‘I believe our attitude to meat requires radical reform – both an alternative approach to meat production and a return to some of the older, more holistic values of meat cookery. But ultimately the only person ...
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Food Futures: Feeding the Next Generation
‘Babies of even just a few months’ old get a pretty good look at almost everything that goes in their mouth. And as soon as they take an interest in their surroundings, they will be observing more than you think about where the food they eat comes from.
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On Shooting for the Pot
‘I think it is right that shooting, fishing and other forms of hunting are controversial and up for discussion – the killing of other creatures, however big or small, sophisticated or simple, is not something to take lightly ...
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The Wild Food Ethos
‘The sense of creativity, anticipation and reward in growing your own vegetables and raising your own animals for meat has to be experienced to be fully understood. But there is another whole dimension of pleasure.
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On the Harvest of the Sea
‘I still find it incredible, and inspiring, that from such a vast expanse of sameness – water, water, water, with a large dose of added salt – comes such an astonishing variety of edible creatures.
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