A celebration of country living and how to get involved with the land and the food that you eat
As well as more than 80 recipes for traditional British farmhouse dishes, this collection also offers information about gathering wild food, keeping chickens, growing salads, pickling, preserving, and much more. Jimmy takes you from the farmyard and back garden, into the fields, hedgerows, and woods and back to the kitchen, barbeque, or open fire to prepare a feast of wild foods, home-grown produce, and quality local ingredients. Recipes include Pork Scratchings, Shepherd's Pie, Dandelion and Bacon Salad, Trout with Rosemary, Elderflower Fritters, Foil-Baked Camembert, Baked Oranges in Rum, Lavender and Honey Lamb, and Ginger Rice Pudding. Whether you live in the town or in the countryside, the lifestyle captured here guarantees your very own taste of the good life. Includes dual measurements.