Welsh food and drink recipes

September 2009 – Elderberries are a frequent ‘by-catch’ for the autumn mushroom forayer... Even the most confirmed urbanite will instantly recognise the heavy dense clusters of black berries … [Read more...] about Wild food – Elderberries

The self-seeded descendents of cultivated apples abound in hedgerows. Often mistakenly called 'crab apples', these sports are generally too tart to eat, but they make a brilliant base for a savoury … [Read more...] about Wild food – Crab Apple

January 2010 – Although there are few wild mushrooms available in the depths of winter, you can keep your hand in by gathering cockles on the shore Our Neanderthal ancestors must have struggled to … [Read more...] about Wild food – Cockles

November 2009 – On the Continent chestnuts and fungi go hand in hand... British autumns may be synonymous with the fruit of the horse chestnut, but the rest of Europe attention is much more … [Read more...] about Wild food – Chestnuts

July 2009 – Chanterelles – or girolles to give them their French culinary name – begin to flush in July and continue to flush regularly well into October... Cantharellus cibarius is one of … [Read more...] about Wild food – Chanterelles