Like Whitney, I believe the children are the future.But then again, who doesn’t?Probably no one - although you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise considering the fact that, as a generation, we’ve stopped teaching our children to cook. Because these days, if...
Willow Farm does not exist. I'll say that again. There is no Willow Farm. No willows. No farm. No farmer called Willow leaning on a gate in wellies. It's fiction. Totally, 100%, abso-blooming-lutely made up. And yet it's not alone. There are other...
I admit it.Over the years, I’ve taken fairly serious umbrage at those who have dared to suggest to me that British food isn’t especially good. Indeed, I’ve delighted in pointing those wannabe detractors not just towards the Michelin-starred restaurants all over...
Lots of us have seen the excellent Netflix film, ‘My Octopus Teacher’.Some of us have read ‘Other Minds’ by Peter Godfrey Smith.That octopuses are very smart seems undeniable. As a result, we’ve never listed them on our market*.But I’ve been...
There are elections this week. Cue a lot of politicians talking about ‘change’.Luckily, we don’t have to wait for them to make it.Because one of the biggest – and most positive – changes we can all make is to what we...
This is Zach Galifianakis.He’s an actor. And it was by watching his new Netflix series, This Is A Gardening Show, that I learned that apparently in ancient Egypt to remove worms from the soil was a crime punishable by death.Harsh, perhaps,...
The Straits of Hormuz? Honestly never thought I’d be writing about ‘em. We do food, not geopolitics. And yet, towards the end of last week the news was all about the impact of the closure of the Straits on food. ‘Britain preparing for...
Should we list citrus fruit?It’s a question I’ve wrestled with for a while. And one that I need your help with, please.Now, it goes without saying that any lemons, oranges and the like that Wylde might, in future, list would be...
I’m not a religious man.But I do love this time of year.It’s about renewal, and it’s about life. It’s about celebrating the things - and the people - that matter.And at the very heart of it all? Food.Glorious food.In a world of pain...
Up in the Himalayas, nestled between Nepal to the west and Bhutan to the east, lies the Indian state of Sikkim.Yeah, me neither. Not until yesterday, anyway.But now that I have heard of it, I think I might be falling...
Charles knows a lot about organic food and agriculture.No, not that Charles. Although, as his step son Tom Parker Bowles quite rightly says in his brilliant book Cooking & The Crown, 'there is no one better informed (…than King Charles). He...
The Spanish know a thing or two about olive oil.So when you live there, you can’t help but learn a thing or two about olive oil.Well, at least you do if you're a bit of a food nerd, like me.Anyway, one...