I love the ritual of blackberry picking, time spent, basket in hand choosing the ripest juiciest fruit for dessert. When my children were small it was a family affair and a competition as to who could pick the most berries. Now I’ll take a friend and my dogs to forage and chatter. Is it me…
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Brined Salmon with Creamy Dill Infused Potatoes & Lightly Pickled Cucumber
Most of you are familiar with Gravad Lax, a popular delicacy in the English-speaking world, and English has naturally adopted the short version of its name, gravlax. There seems to be endless ways to flavour this fish from beetroot, horseradish to gin and juniper. You may not be aware of the lesser known Swedish classic…
Hot Smoked Salmon
I was first introduced to hot smoked fish when I was a child. My family stayed with relatives in the Stockholm archipelago, we would lay fishing nets out in the early evening and hope for a bountiful catch, the excitement when we woke the next morning. The smoked fish I ate in the years after those days…
![Saffron Spiced Vegetable Biryani: a great way to use up vegetables from the fridge and garden. Delicately spiced with saffron [gifted], cumin, coriander, cinnamon & garam masala, serve with a coriander & mint raita and you’ve got meat free Monday sorted.
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#vegetablebiryani #meatfreemonday](http://scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/f54aea7c2202d6155e16ebfd9c878262/5E38B198/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/69547155_2327398754179775_5529659523837191064_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=111 "Saffron Spiced Vegetable Biryani: a great way to use up vegetables from the fridge and garden. Delicately spiced with saffron [gifted], cumin, coriander, cinnamon & garam masala, serve with a coriander & mint raita and you’ve got meat free Monday sorted.
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#vegetablebiryani #meatfreemonday")
