Any Ethiopian would spot this a mile off as injera, the spongy flatbread that accompanies every hot and spicy meal. Anyone from Derbyshire or Staffordshire will know it as a breakfast staple - oatcakes. Rather embarrassingly, as a London-based gastronaut, I am more familiar with the former. Whilst on a walking holiday in my campervan [...]

I’ve been inspired by The Gourmet Traveller’s blog about a no-knead bread to post my own recipe, from my book “Entertaining Vegetarians” (”Party Food for Vegetarians” in paperback. This photo by Jan Baldwin is from the book.) Gourmet Traveller aka @jswching has given a fabulous pictorial of her bread making procedure - check it out! [...]

Seasoned gardeners will no doubt have already been pottering around getting the growing year off to an early start, especially since the UK spring has arrived mercifully early. However, if you are a novice or gardening lightweight, there is still plenty of time to get cracking on your 2009 harvest. Whether you’ve got an allotment, [...]