Robin Harford

Fermented Dulse Recipe With Mooli

This fermented dulse recipe makes for a delicious, tangy ferment. With fermented foods all the rage at the moment, there is a good reason to … Continue

Prince of Wales ketchup

Home > Plants > Elder If you love elderberries then the chances are you will have come across Pontack sauce. Pontack is a Worcestershire … Continue

A Simple Dandelion Salad Recipe

A quick a delicious dandelion salad recipe you can knock up in the kitchen in less than 15 minutes. Healthy, fast food! Dandelion Salad … Continue

Field bindweed

Scientific name Convolvulus arvensis Family Convolvulaceae Photo identification Reliable resources for accurate botanical photo identification of field bindweed. Habitat and distribution Cultivated land, dunes, … Continue

Pickled Sea Sandwort

If you listen to some authors of wild food cookbooks regarding Sea Sandwort recipes (Honckenya peploides), you’d be forgiven for never wanting to try … Continue

Sea Aster & Monkfish

Sea aster (Aster trillium) is an extraordinary estuary wild vegetable. Waitrose last year tried selling it in their stores but it no longer appears on their … Continue

Foraging and the law

The right to forage has been enshrined in British law since at least the 13th century. See Daniel Butler’s excellent article on the legalities … Continue

Mugwort Jelly Recipe

This mugwort jelly recipe will have you purring with delight. Perfect as an accompaniment with lamb, duck or other fatty meats. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) … Continue

Blackberry or bramble jelly recipe

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) jelly is an incredible taste sensation. Smeared liberally on hot toast with lashings of butter, the flavour is sinfully delicious. This … Continue

Black mustard vinegar

Home > Plants > Black mustard The various wild mustard have gone from luscious spicy leaves, to wasabi biting flowers and now over to … Continue