Thoughts

If we were playing Family Fortunes and I asked you to ‘name something delicious that you can eat at any time of the night or day’, I very much doubt that you would say - ‘turkey sausages’. And even if you...

Pigs have willies like corkscrews.This is something that many of us learn in childhood and then, no doubt for all sorts of jolly healthy reasons, go on to forget.But I was reminded of it in - ahem - a big way during my last...

Reynard is a Food Freedom Fighter and all round mischief maker. He joined us this week. And Wylde got wilier. Reynard’s mission? To use all his silver fox cunning and charm in his guerrilla campaign for Real Food. You won’t always see Reynard, as...

An American chap called Christopher Beckman has written a book all about anchovies.It's called A Twist in the Tail.  Nigella says it's “a must-read for anchovy obsessives”.And she’s right. I definitely became an anchovy obsessive - if not addict - during my...

Real Food, quite simply, is food that your great grandparents - and every human who ever lived before them - would have recognised as food.Real Food is food that is whole. Unadulterated. Food that hasn’t been f&cked around with. Food...

And suddenly, there it is on the horizon. Easter; hurtling towards us with all the chaotic energy of a puppy off the lead. It’s a wonderful time of the year to get together with family and friends, of course. And if you’re...

No one has ever called me The Space Cowboy. Let alone The Gangster of Love*.But I did feel a bit like one last Tuesday afternoon. A Space Cowboy, that is. Because Ella had arranged for us all to go to Somerset House. Their SOIL...

At the risk of sounding like the Prime Minister, my grandfather was a butcher. Why is this relevant? Well, because I think food runs in families. I was reminded of this a couple of days ago. Every Friday at Wylde HQ, we all sit...

‘Turkish eggs’ sound like the sort of thing that might feature in the Profanisaurus*. They don’t, thankfully. But I became obsessed with them earlier this year when I went down an Ottoman Empire rabbit hole. And the Ottomans, it turns out, were obsessed...

Fish and chips.Ham and eggs. Rhubarb and custard. Some pairings are just meant to be.  Like Wylde Market and Intoxicating History. Let me explain. Intoxicating History is the podcast that ‘uncorks the history of alcohol and the alcohol that shaped history’. And Wylde, alongside Taylor’s...

Bore da! It was St David’s Day yesterday. So my missus made Welsh cakes. With lard. I won’t lie to you, they were well lush. Recipe below (along with the finest moments of Wales’ cultural attaché to the world).Just do...