
The spirit of Slow Food
Inspired by the thirty year odyssey of Carlo Petrini, the founder of the ' Slow Food ' movement, that reaction to the most modern and ubiquitous of homogenised commodities

Stinging Nettle Syrup
Gather a carrier bag full of stinging nettle tops, 500ml of water, 750gms sugar and a handful of lemon balm leaves (optional).

Hippocrates - Blood, Bile and Phlegm
This idea of four basic 'humours' first arose with Hippocrates in Ancient Greece and was enthusiastically espoused by the Romans

Knotweed Syrup
The dreaded Japanese knotweed was once imported as a garden exotic, but it escaped into the wild and has spread like crazy over much of the world.

Make your own vinegar
“Any of the live culture vinegars that I've tasted are always,…