A guest post by Shelia Dillon, food journalist and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme.

Conifers hold great year-round treasures for foragers. Here is all you need to know to start safely using them to add pizzazz to your food and drinks.

A boozy cocktail that unites the citrussy flavours of conifers with gin

Get to know the key characteristics of wild brassicas – one of our most abundant, ubiquitous sources of nutritious wild vegetables, and with no poisonous members in the UK

A fungal martini with mushroom based antipasti