Forage Fine Foods

29/09/2026

My phone just reminded me that 4 years ago today I packed my suitcase with freshly picked sumac, water lily flowers, rose petals and marigolds and took the train to London to shoot Buds and Blossoms with Esther Clark clare cole I cherish the days I spent with that tribe of talented beautiful women - together they turned my recipes into a book I am so proud to have my name on
Team work is the dream work & all that

23/09/2026

A few weeks ago, days after the first rain of the summer I met up with Fergus Collins and recorded an episode of The Plodcast - Countryfile magazines podcast.
We wandered around the organic land Blue Sky Botanics and chatted about wild food, kitchen islands and cups of tea, oh and saw a few wild things. It was quite a perfect way to spend an hour, I hope you enjoy it.

17/09/2026

If youre coming to Abergavenny Food Festival on Sunday, come and join me at 1:30 in the Castle for a conversation about how foraging not just feeds us for free (win) but also connects at a fundamental level to people, plants and the planet. (win win).
Ill be there with spoonfuls of rose petal syrup to lure you in...

13/09/2026

I was asked recently what the most delicious thing to forage was right now. This afternoon whilst out picking blackberries with 2 of my teenage daughters I realised it was that the most delicious things you can forage are those you harvest with other people. The longer I get in the tooth, the more I am convinced that before we can fix our disconnection to nature and our broken food systems that we need to fix our disconnect from each other - gathering together, cooking together, eating together- they’re the ultimate ingredients.

08/08/2026

A dreadfully out of focus shot probably because I was overcome with excitement at finding my books next to Darwin's Natural History Museum, London yesterday - I know it's far less of a deal than if you found a copy of Origin of The Species with the great man's signature, but signed copies of Forage are now in stock (thank you to the lovely gift shop staff who let me set up an impromptu signing session).

02/08/2026

Last night I ate Herefordshire Hortas made with dought surviving wild greens ( dandelions & common mallow) with boiled courgettes, cooked in salty water. I didn’t cook, grow or gather any of the ingredients, my Greek Cypriot friend Tom did. He's one of the best cooks I've ever met. I found him and his Swedish wife on a private forage I ran for his birthday years ago, and we've been friends ever since. They discovered that Herefordshire is full of the flavours of home, I discovered people I wanted to share food with.
Foraging isn't just about free food, its about the priceless connections you make along the way.
(FYI, boiled courgettes are outrageous. Make them)

10/07/2026

This weeks foraging course Nantybedd Garden kicked off with linden flowers and lemon balm tea complete with madeleines dusted with linden leaf powder. Proust would've been proud

10/07/2026

10/07/2026

Marketeers across the land swoon at my inventive sales techniques - today im combining advertising and keeping cool in one.
If you fancy joining me or this summer for a foray I promise to wow you with plants more impressive than my fan making skills.

24/06/2026

Ive been a hot hormonal mess all day. Until 5 minutes ago that is when I made this positively magic potion. A frozen grape and lemon balm slushie.
Stick your grapes in the freezer overnight and you’ll thank me tomorrow when you drink this. Lemon balm is a cooling, nerve calming plant, it helps expel excess heat and calms the nervous system - its at its peak right now, just as well as we all need it in this heat.

Just in case you're feeling all the menopause feelings this week, and like me are navigating your way HRT less through it, I feel you.
This is my first medical menopause in a heatwave, and by jingo it's a whole thing. I hope this little slushie helps (of course you can drink it even if youre not a hormonally up the spout 50 year old..)