Spring

The best spring blossoms mixed with fine gin to make a floral-gingery cocktail

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The vibrant wintergreen flavour of birch twigs, captured in a very grown up martini

Nettle soup is a forager’s classic. Rich, delicious and deeply nutritious. This recipe is wonderfully simple, but I suggest some extra wild options that make it even better.

Its a mistake to think nettles are only delicious as a super-nutritious savoury food. You can be naughty with them too. I highly recommend making syrups and cordials with them, to make quenching soft drinks in summer, or as a sophisticated addition to cocktails.