Foraging: Pepper Dulse
Hastings isn't great for seaweeds. On a scale of one to ten for seaweed foraging, it just about manages a two. The main beach actually scores a minus one, because not only is there nothing worth finding on the rocks…
Roadkill venison
By Geoff Dann Something a bit different for Christmas In this case I was entertaining a small subsection of the family, only three of whom were carnivores. The meat had been in my freezer since September, when I had come…
Wild Enoki
It is the end of a second consecutive disappointing autumn for fungi; we are now due a good one next year. But there are still a few wild edibles to be found, including the wild ancestor of the cultivated Japanese “Enokitake”. This the relevant entry from my new book…
Goan Fish Curry
I cook a lot of curries, but this one stands out from the crowd as a bit special (thankyou Felicity Cloake). It takes quite a lot of ingredients and time, but the result is well worth the effort. You can…
Julian Assange is a Political Prisoner, not a Fugitive from Justice
On February 5th this year, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) ruled that Julian Assange is a political prisoner, and that the governments of the UK and Sweden should both release him and compensate him for the…