In The Kitchen

We always end our talks with a pudding and strawberries were an obvious choice for our demo at RHS Harlow Carr Garden Show this sunny June weekend. This is such a quick and easy recipe to put together and the lime and strawberry compote is a great combination of flavours. The compote freezes really well […]

This weekend Martin and I are back on the road with the Potting Shed Theatre cooking up some tasty treats in our mobile kitchen! We’re at RHS Harlow Carr which is looking magnificent, especially the streamside with its fantastic candelabra primulas and meconopsis. We used courgettes in one of our dishes as very soon they’ll […]

Another one from our recent visit to RHS Harlow Carr where Martin and I were on ‘The Potting Shed’ stage giving a talk on growing and cooking seasonal veg. This is a really quick asparagus salad dish that is full of flavour and really shows off the taste of the first flush of asparagus spears. […]

We had a great weekend at RHS Harlow Carr’s Spring Garden Festival this weekend. Martin and I were doing seasonal talks and demos using fresh seasonal vegetables from our ‘Potting Shed’ stage.  This is one of the asparagus dishes that we did and I promised some of our lovely audience that I would put it […]

Purple sprouting broccoli is great at this time of the year – something fresh and green instead of parsnips and leeks! It has such a long growing time and a fairly short eating season so we make the most of it while we can! And talk about healthy! Full of Vitamin C, it’s also high […]