With only a handful of really hot, sunny days, we’ll have to make the most of them, and that means putting the stockpots away
One of our principles here at Locavore is that using locally grown veg doesn’t mean being limited by the local cuisine- you can use the wonderful fresh things we can grow right here to make food inspired by cooking done all over the world
Let’s learn about Organic Pantry, whose farm supplies lots of tasty veg for our boxes this week
Seasonal Sauce… with a hint of winter Apparently it’s summer, though you wouldn’t know it from looking outside. With an abundance of spring onions, and yet chilly weather, it was time for me to get a bit more creative with what I was cooking. Ginger is a beautiful warming spice that I can’t get enough…
Some days you want to make dinner all day. Leisurely hours at the stove, stirring. Kneading dough then waiting for it patiently to ferment and inflate.
Seasonal Scones One of my favourite things about this time of year is the bounty of local spring onions to give dishes a milder, delicate onion flavour than its robust, powerful wintery counterpart. As our crops of spring onion mature for harvest at Left Field in Neilston, I start dreaming of ways to make the…
A great many meals are improved immeasurably by a salad on the side, to add some textural contrast, a little sharpness, a little bitterness
Portuguese Marinated Carrots The food of Portugal is much underrated. Not only so they make the best custard tarts in the world but Portuguese cooks are masters of simple foods packed with fresh, local ingredients. My family has spent a lot of time in Portugal and we will rave about the food to anyone who…
We get sprouting, or tenderstem, broccoli a little later in Scotland than they do down south. But though some early Spring recipes might not seem particularly suited to July, with a rainy July like this it’s not so bad. After a good damp walk in your local park, you might just need a bowl of orichette with cream and broccoli,
Well, we have had a few sunny days but for the most part it is still raining. Heavy, comforting rain that taps on the roof and runs down the windows; that makes the leaves on the tree outside my kitchen window glean greenly against the grey
What to eat when the weather doesn’t match the season.
We’re pleased to let you know we’re supporting a local farmer to convert 14 aces of land to organic so that they can supply us with tonnes of fresh local produce. We’re delighted to let you know about this new partnership between Locavore and Caldwell’s Vegetables from Turnberry which will see loads of local carrots…
