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Epiphany Tart is made in a star shape and is used to celebrate the arrival of the Three Kings to the Nativity (Matthew, 2 1-12.) It is a very old recipe dating back to the beginning of the 18th century and is really just a multicoloured jam tart which is supposed to resemble a stained-glass window.

Epiphany Tart is made in a star shape and is used to celebrate the arrival of the Three Kings to the Nativity (Matthew, 2 1-12.) It is a very old recipe dating back to the beginning of the 18th century and is really just a multicoloured jam tart which is supposed to resemble a stained-glass window.

Building, then living in, a home is like an instrument you’re constantly tuning or a book you’re continually rewriting. It’s a process that’s never over.

Almost half of Russia’s food is grown in backyard gardens! While most of the world is completely dependent on industrial agriculture, the Russian people feed themselves. As recently as 2011, a full 40% of the food produced in Russia came from small, household gardens called dachas. That number is down […]

Pressed flowers are used in many crafts and are a lovely reminder of times, places and people. This flower press is made with scrap wood, wallpaper and an old calendar, but it will do the job perfectly and looks good too. Great fun to make and to use, brilliant to encourage children out into the garden and for mindfulness.

A slice of pumpkin pie represents the culmination of a growing season in one of the most delicious packages known to humankind, which is the best reason to make pumpkin pie often and well...

Sloes are the sour, little blue black coloured fruit from the Blackthorn bush, not nice to eat they are gorgeous as a flavour for gin. Sloe gin is a delicacy, a foodies delight with an aroma straight from the hedgerows, drink in small glasses as a liqueur.

Plums are easy trees to grow, even easier to look after, they have delightful blossom and can produce magnificent yields of delicious fruit which is very versatile in the kitchen. Jams, chutneys, pies and crumbles galore, plums are so simple to cook with.

How to preserve vegetables and fruits safely.

Second year vegetable garden. Boxed in beds but not raised much.

This year's bumper crop of autumn turnips and swedes has me flipping through cookbooks to find the best recipes for root vegetables...

Packing autumn root crops in sand is an easy and convenient way to store them for longer...