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One of the most magical times I have had foraging was searching for samphire off the Somerset coast. Samphire is not the easiest of crops to find – it is not nearly as ubiquitous as elderflower or ...

There was a time when burrata (which essentially means "buttered") was the poor man's mozzarella. It is thought to have been first made in the 1920s as a way of using up the scraps left over from the ...

Samphire with lobster Lobster is such a stunning product the best way to serve it is by cooking it fast and watching carefully so the flesh is just cooked. In this recipe it is simply grilled and ...

Like cookies and milk or mac and cheese, some food just belongs together and one of Guinness's best culinary pals is most certainly seafood and, in this writer's opinion, most definitely smoked fish.

The samphire season is almost at an end, but you can usually get hold of some from a fishmonger. If you can’t find it, you could use any greens; the mineral taste of cooked rocket will work well with ...

In the first of four guest feasts, the chef from Brixton’s Kricket restaurant takes inspiration from his travels in south India with a sour, spicy fish curry and its sidekicks – pineapple pickle, ...

When the samphire is growing on the coasts of north Norfolk, our writer returns almost every year to cook this buttery, smoky marine dish North Norfolk captured our hearts by stealth. For most of my ...

LUCY POTTER relishes the arrival of the asparagus season. The long-awaited season for British asparagus is devastatingly short but oh so sweet while it lasts. So, whatever the weather, I think it’s ...