Thoughts

When Rob sent me this photo over the weekend - and even though I had already eaten - I got immediately hungry. The picture is of his cold smoked pollock, and I hope you'll let me tell you what Rob told...

“Got to find some first. Full moon and now wet conditions.” This was Craig’s response to me asking if he’d have any wild rabbits for next week. It’s genuinely amazing how much the weather and seasons impact what our producers bring to...

From the outset, I’ve talked about Wylde as being a ‘rebellion’. But it's not the sort of rebellion that requires anyone to glue their hands to a tube train. This rebellion is significantly more quiet, thoughtful. One where, together, we vote...

The first langoustine I ever ate was in France. It was amazing. But I had no idea then that it was almost certainly from Scotland – just like all those langoustines I used to buy in Spain to decorate my paellas. More fool...

Forgive me for emailing before the market opens tomorrow but I just had to share these amazing dishes created by Canadian chef Tiffany Wong. Tiffany’s based in London and in advance of Chinese New Year this coming Sunday, she took...

Marc pretty much sold out this week. No big surprises - his Lyme Bay fish is simply spectacular. But it also has an amazing story. Because Lyme Bay was horribly overfished, and for years. So, for what we’re pretty sure was the first time...

Bejam has got a lot to answer for. It was a frozen foods supermarket that got bought by Iceland in 1989. And it was synonymous with crap food: bright orange fishfingers, Findus Crispy Pancakes, ‘waffly versatile’ potato waffles, cheap chicken kievs...

Over the hols, a relative asked me - 'So how did you get into this whole wild food thing?' A fair enough question, I think. Not least because over the past few months, many of you have shared with us your different...

This is Mary. She's an oysterwoman. And one of the River Fal’s only oysterwomen. And wild oysters from Cornwall's Fal are very, very special indeed. Not only are they still truly wild, but for centuries, they've only been allowed to be...

  Across the pond in Massachusetts, some clever people at Tufts University have been doing some research on vitamin D. They've concluded that it's seriously good for your brain.So much so, in fact, that it might actually help fend off dementia. You...

  More good news just in from Marc - he's now got scallops...But I wanted to share this with you too, from a customer last week: ‘Never going back to beef mince. This venison mince is off the scale. So versatile!’ You’d...

One of my colleagues at Wylde is learning Swedish. That’s already pretty impressive, but when you learn that she’s not yet been to Sweden it’s either extraordinarily impressive or just plain mad. But I can see the appeal. I’ve always been quite struck...