Elizabeth David

If you’ve ever swiped a supple piece of pita bread through a plate of garlicky hummus and your family roots aren’t in the Middle East, you may have Cl(...)

  We all have our heroes and it’s not surprising so many of mine belong in one way or another to the world of plants. They include gardeners, de(...)

Ever since childhood I’ve had something of a mild obsession with ripe, garden-grown figs, a fruit that seemed more the stuff of Victorian gardening bo(...)

“Although I could not quite say that figs are my favourite fruit,” wrote food writer Jane Grigson, “they are the fruit I most long for, that I have ne(...)

Most keen gardeners can rattle off a list of the popular hardy perennials that act as the colourful mainstays of the late summer garden. Well-known e(...)

Every dish has a story to tell, but that story often isn’t what you expect or, indeed, want it to be. Take paella, arguably the most famous of Spanis(...)

The 2018 Hay Festival, in collaboration with The Pool, published this list of 100 books by women, including works by Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Maria(...)

We are all heartily sick of hearing about people who claim to be “social influencers” on the internet. With their free gifts, free trips, goodie bags (...)

Here follows a series of lessons learned about eating, drinking and cooking on holiday. 1 You can eat well and sleep well, or you can go camping. Don(...)

Just how and why some plants acquire their common names can be something of a puzzle. Take the Jerusalem artichoke, a glaring example of a horticultu(...)