Creative practices of a textile artist from Queensland, Australia. Now living in Somerset, England.
Category Archives: Recipes
Fermenting ramsoms and tri-cornered leeks
How to make wild foraged three cornered leek and ramsom sauerkraut Continue reading
Posted in Foraging, How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged anaerobic fermentation, books, canning preserves, Cornwall, culture, Fat Hen, fermenting, Foraging, kimchi, ramsons, sauerkraut, three cornered leek, Travel, wild food, wild food recipes, wild greens
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Helping out at a wild foods cookery school in Cornwall, Penzance
Assisting at a foraging and cookery school in Cornwall, learning to cook fish, rabbit and seaweed. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Recipes, Workshops
Tagged Alexanders, Cornwall, Fat Hen, Helpx, Recipes, sea lettuce, sea spaghetti, seaweed, three cornered leek, Travel, wild food, wild food recipes, wild garlic
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How to make wild garlic pesto (vegan friendly!)
How to make wild garlic and nettle pesto Continue reading
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Tagged Foraging, Pesto, stinging nettles, wild food, wild food recipes, wild garlic
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Pickled Alexanders, leek bulbs and flower buds
How to pickle Alexanders, three cornered leek bulbs and buds. Includes hot apple cider vinegar recipe. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged Alexanders, apple cider vinegar, Cornwall, DIY, Fat Hen, Foraging, Helpx, home cooking, how-to, locally grown, pickles, self sufficiency, three cornered leek, Travel
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Gorse cordial in the Cornish countryside
Foraging in Cornwall for Fat Hen cookery school. How to pick gorse flowers painlessly and a gorse flower cordial recipe. Continue reading
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Tagged cordial, cordial recipes, Cornwall, DIY, Experiments, Fat Hen, Foraging, gorse bushes, gorse flowers, hedgerows, Helpx, home cooking, preserves, Recipes, self sufficiency, Travel, UK, wild food
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Nettle Tea and the Boscawen-Un stone circle
Foraging for spring nettles and visiting ancient stone sites in Cornwall. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged ancient sites, Boscawen-Un Stone Circle, Cornwall, culture, Foraging, gorse bushes, hedgerows, hiking, history, holidays, monoliths, nature, stinging nettles, tea making, Travel, Travelling, travelling artist, UK, witchcraft
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Making pickles in Andalusia
Learning how to pickle capsicums in apple cider vinegar. Andalusia, Spain. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Experiments, How-to, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged Andalusia, apple cider vinegar, canning preserves, capsicum, Helpx, pickles, Recipes, Spain, thai chillies, Travel
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Making horta
Cooking salad greens in Basque Country. Healthy dandelion, stinging nettles and lamb’s lettuce recipe. Continue reading
Kiwifruit tart recipe, how to use up extra kiwi fruit
Kiwifruit pie recipe, delicious lemon orange zest filling. Hour and a half to prepare, refreshing served next day cold with custard. Continue reading
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Tagged baking, Basque Country, home cooking, kiwi fruit pie, Kiwifruit, Olabe, pie recipe, self sufficiency, summer glut, vegetarian cooking
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Elderberry and Apple Wine (my own recipe!)
Elderberry and apple wine I have just completed racking my first batch of elderberry and apple wine. This is an exciting step further into the unknown! I have taken all of the understanding gaining by brewing up a storm all summer and … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Foraging, Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes
Tagged airlocks, bottling, brewing yeasts, crab apple wine, DIY, elderberry apple, elderberry wine, fermenting, home brewing, homebrew, selfsufficiency, wine making
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