The big apple

THE apple crops up in many world religions, mythologies and traditions. It is a supermarket best-seller and this year, we are relishing a bumper crop boasting a fine skin finish and a tasty, sweet fla

This year’s unusual weather has nurtured exceptional fruit crops, reports Ian Hodgson

Dundee is famous for being the birthplace of the commercial development of marmalade in Scotland. The widely accepted story claims that in the 18th century, a Scottish grocer named James Keiller bough

In and around the Howardian Hills, chefs are crafting dishes that sing of this county’s rich larder, with ingredients like zesty spruce tips and salted rhubarb adding pizazz to locally sourced fish, meat and game

Pears included in Elizabethan recipes are typically ‘wardens’ – hardy varieties that must be cooked before eating, their flesh blushing with a red hue and softening into buttery deliciousness. Tudor d

After school, she is all mine. I drag my bike through the garage’s side door, careful not to catch my leg on the oily chain and cycle off. It’s not far. The big kids are draining out of the comp. Thei