Foraging Rants

Lie, lies, lies!
What does “local” really mean on a menu? And are those “Wild mushrooms” really wild?
A rant on mis-selling and dishonesty in the food sector.

I have a love-hate relationship with marsh samphire. Mostly its love – the wide open seascapes where it thrives, its odd cactus-like appearance and its wonderful salty-fresh succulence. Even the silty, squelchy estuarine habitat where it grows has a “mud-glorious-mud” gooeyness that appeals to the filthy schoolboy in me.

An exploration of the issues around american signal crayfish – a problematic “invasive” species that also happens to be delicious.