the key to surviving this time when the same veg crops up repeatedly in the boxes is to use a wide variety of flavours
Palestinian Vegetable Fritters Recipe
I am currently obsessed with the book Falastin by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wrigley. Its a beautiful book full of nostalgic meals, inspiring food stories and the history of a place which most of us probably don’t know that much about – Palastine. I love to travel and like most of us I am missing…
2020 was a terrible year for our social lives and also brassicas
Life feels pretty chaotic and yet slow and dull at the same time at the moment. Nearly a year into the pandemic and a few weeks into Brexit and things could be worse in the veg world but they could also be a lot better. I wanted to write a post about what is going…
Veg Box Newsletter 18th January: Cook Book
A good cookbook is almost intimate, teaching you as it does to repeat the movements of its author to make something that they ate. It takes you outside of your own perspective and preferences and shows you another way of cooking and eating, something I need very much in this long stretch of cooking only for myself and my household
Veg Box Newsletter 11th January: Brexit and Other Vegetable Challenges
I love the small culinary traditions that keep the years moving round, serving as landmarks in our memory as well as something to look forward to.
Veg Box Newsletter 24th December: Happy Holidays from the Veg Box Team
It’s been a pleasure writing to you each week, from my kitchen to yours, throughout this hard year. I love seeing what you cook and hearing your thoughts on the best ways to use up an onion surplus, or how to make do during an onion shortage. I hope you’ve enjoyed the rollercoaster ride of eating seasonally, and that you’re as excited as I am to do it all again.