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BBQ Outdoor Cooking Tips and BBQ Masterclass Video
Firing up the grill and experimenting with seasonal flavours, one of the undisputed joys of the warmer months. To help you pep up your BBQs this summer, we turned to one of the nation’s authority’s on outdoor cooking to find out how you can create your most...
A gourmet guide to Wales
The late, great nature writer Roger Deakin once described Wales as a place that ‘crackles with magic’, and with its deep glacial lakes, ancient hill forts, enchanting pine forests and verdant valleys, it’s easy to see why. Wales is a land of enduring legend, with a...
Alcohol Free Summer Living
The Benefits of Alcohol-Free Living Increasingly alcohol-free living is becoming the simple choice by many to abstain from consuming alcohol. It can be for personal, health or religious reasons, or it can simply be a lifestyle choice. There are many benefits to living...
The sustainable spirit of North Wales
Just a stone’s throw away from the Snowdonia National Park lies the picturesque village of Abergwyngregyn, home to the first whisky distillery in North Wales for more than 100 years. Aber Falls Distillery is located at the foot of its namesake, the famous Aber Falls...
How to choose the right cookery school
The key things to consider when choosing a cookery course As more of us seek to improve our skills in the kitchen, cookery schools across the country have seen a steep rise in demand. From amateur cooks looking for inspiration to would-be chefs wanting to progress...
How to match wine with food
Our 7 top tips for perfectly pairing your favourite dishes with drinks Food and wine matching is not an exact science, taste is subjective, and there is nothing wrong with simply drinking your favourite wine with any dish. These points aside, there is so much fun to...
7 seasonal asparagus ‘tips’ and a recipe
Paying homage to the ‘Noble Gras’ this asparagus season… There may not be much to celebrate in the world of food at the moment – apart from its continued availability, which is something to be incredibly grateful for. But as we move into the...
Rewild your gut: where wellness meets nature
By Nutritionist Dr Lucy Williamson The benefit of gut health starts in the soil: the origins of our food More and more of our food producers are farming with nature – planting for pollinators and encouraging biodiversity. These healthy soils, with just one...
What to make with foraged wild garlic
One of the many joys of Spring is the appearance of fragrant wild garlic. This delicious ingredient grows in abundance, but few of us make the most of it. James Wood, author of The Foragers Cook Book, tells us more. Wild garlic is found all over Europe, most of Asia...
Why Live Pickling is Essential for Gut Health and Wellbeing
Traditional Chinese medicine teaches us that when the stomach is healthy, the body is healthy. This principle has since been studied in Western medicine, too; a growing body of medical research confirms that the type of bacteria we have in our stomach directly affects...