H is for Hawk has won the Samuel Johnson prize
The world is going crazy for H is for Hawk, the first memoir to win the Samuel Johnson Prize. I think I know why. Read more
Archive for Food
A class bird: Learning how to cook pigeon with MasterChef Natalie Coleman
Pan Roasted Pigeon with Orange Braised Lentils, Chicory & Hazlenuts
If you want to only eat animals you have killed yourself, the traditional place to start is learning to shoot a pigeon. I was fortunate enough to also learn how to cook one with the former winner of MasterChef. Read more
Grouse shooting: The vainglorious 12th
A walked-up grouse shoot beneath the wind turbines
Since I have pledged to only eat animals I have killed myself, I decide to go grouse shooting on the Glorious 12th and start off the project with a bang. It doesn’t quite go to plan…
Shucking oysters: A soft start to the kill-to-eat diet
I didn’t mean to match my nail varnish to the oyster knife…
Oysters are possibly the most “raw” food experience you can get, in fact they are probably still alive when you eat them… Read more
Could social media revolutionise farming?
A ‘felfie’ snapped with some Hereford cattle
Is Twitter and Facebook an opportunity for farmers to sell food direct to the consumer and tell the ‘truth’ about their industry or just and excuse for posting ‘felfies’? Read more
Book Review: Badgerlands by Patrick Barkham
What is it about Patrick Barkham finding himself in compromising positions to spy on wildlife?
Are genetically modified organic community-owned farms the future?
Microdosing crops with fertiliser using a bottle cap. Copyright Gordon Conway
It was a perfectly nice day out in the Suffolk countryside but the organisers of Aldeburgh Food Festival decided to liven things up with a ‘Frankenstein’. As Sir Gordon Conway pointed out to the audience at Snape Maltings he was part human, part pig. Read more
