Anne explains how to have sweeter gooseberries and gets started with mushrooms

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SERVES 8-10 PREP 20 mins plus cooling and 1 hr macerating COOK 45 mins EASY 200g butter, softened, plus extrafor the tin200g golden caster sugar4 eggs200g self-raising flour1 tsp baking powder2 tbsp m

One of my favourite gardening memories was the aroma of the freshly picked raspberries, sitting in punnets in our gardener’s mess room in the fruit department at RHS Wisley. Despite being at least a c

SERVES 18-20 PREP 2 hrs plus cooling, 2 hrs 45 mins chilling and 2 hrs setting COOK 45 mins MORE EFFORT V 325g unsalted butter, softened,plus extra for the tin300g dark chocolate chips orchopped dark

Long linked with Britain’s monarchs, gooseberries are surprisingly simple fruit to nurture at home