Welsh food and drink recipes

This is the perfect beginner's mushroom - unmistakeable and delicious . . . Most Britons are scared of toadstools, terrified of making a fatal mistake, but the parasol (Macrolepiota procera) is … [Read more...] about Parasol

Pennywort is a delicious Welsh wild food ingredient which ranks with most wild mushrooms... In midwinter it can be almost impossible to find anything edible, still less a tasty fresh green salad … [Read more...] about Pennywort

While checking out your favourite mushroom woods, keep an eye open for the lush green foliage of wild garlic . . . Ramsoms grow in profusion in damp woods, along overgrown footpaths and on waste … [Read more...] about Ramsoms

Many edible mushrooms have symbiotic relationships with birch, but the tree itself can provide a delicious product . . . This tree’s sobriquet ‘silver’ is a comparatively recent invention – often … [Read more...] about Silver Birch

Sloes are a frequent ‘by-catch’ on forays and the next season the resulting drink makes the perfect end to a chilly expedition… The fruit of the blackthorn is justly famous as a gin flavouring and … [Read more...] about Wild food – Sloe

February 2009 – Although not the greatest wild vegetable, bittercress is available at a point in the year when few fungi are available... This is one of the first plants to start growing in early … [Read more...] about Wild food – Hairy Bittercress