Thoughts

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...

Keith Floyd had serious rizz. That was my slightly drunken conclusion this last Thursday night. Everyone else had gone out and I was home alone. It had been a long day, and I really CBA to cook.So I cracked open a jar...

In our comunidad in Spain, there was a lovely young girl who lived up the road. She used to babysit our sons. Her name was Maria. She was from a truly wonderful family and her Mum was justifiably famous for her tortilla de patatas. Two weeks ago,...

I think that this brilliant cartoon from Private Eye kinda nails it. If you do too, then consider registering now for Early Access to our crowdfund. It’s your chance to invest* in our growing marketplace - for as little as...

Chef Ajay Kumar first caught my attention when he appeared on the brilliant Great British Menu. I was struck by his extraordinary attention to detail, his intricate chutneys and his truly beautiful Indo-Scots accent.So when Rachael and Jonny listed all...