Category Archives: Shopping List

I was wandering around the stalls of Eataly not far from Bra, the capital of Slow Food.  For those who don’t know, Eataly is a store – stores now -  dedicated to selling the finest Italian edibles and drinks that  … Continue reading →

Classy, classic, English mustard. Urbane, pungent and properly piquant.There’s a nice tang from cider vinegar. The characteristic bitter edge of English mustard is softened by honey. Altogether, a finely balanced condiment, from Shaken Oak, a small, family producer in Oxfordshire. … Continue reading →

Apples run through Gloucestershire in a crunchy, juicy, sweet and spicy seam. There are Gloucestershire apples for eating, like Ashmead’s Kernel, the apple of William Ashmead,  a connoisseur’s apple, sweet, sharp, spicy, with a firm white flesh, and Berkley Pippin, … Continue reading →

And then there is the Toffee Shop of Penrith, where Neil Boustead makes the finest fudge on Earth. It’s a modest, bright establishment on a street that slopes down a hill at the top end of town. There’s not much … Continue reading →

It’s an odd thing, but no one I seem to meet on my foraging expeditions ever seems to have started out doing what they ended up doing. Matt Scott is no different. After 15 years with the Post Office, he … Continue reading →

I had been in love with Emmett’s Store in Peasenhall at a distance for many years. I had never visited or even seen it, but  I had a sort of image of what it should look like, unassuming but confidently … Continue reading →

Markus Coffee Company, 13 Connaught Street, London W2