DIG IN: No-churn fig & port ice-cream with pistachio flapjack crumble
Is it farewell to the fig? Plus, how you can join me to cook the last glut live from the greenhouse.
Tales from the Veg Patch by Kathy Slack
A basket of seasonal veg from my patch delivered to your inbox. Recipes, stories and live cooking classes from a writer who left advertising to grow vegetables and never looked back
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HERO HARVEST #6: Tomatoes
Pull up a chair at the kitchen table for the first dispatch from the new plot in Wales, where we're celebrating with a tomato feast.
PEAK SEASON SUPPERS #3: Summery berry tart
AUGUST. Bringing nowness to your dessert trolley. (Of course you have a dessert trolley...)
DIG IN: Courgette upside down tart
The courgette glut helpline is ringing off the hook, so here's a quick, easy recipe that makes light work of half a kilo of courgettes.
My Fortnum's Seasonal Sundays Summer Menu: yours to cook
Everything from the feast table, written up and ready to go - a little extra perk by way of thank you
3 days in my new veg patch: no filter
Move over Monty. Gardeners' World never showed you THIS many weeds or this sweaty a gardener.
DIG IN: Courgette & salsa verde bean stew
Summery. Quick. Filling. All you need after a hard day weeding and watering.
Come and see my new veg patch
JULY NEWS: A tour of the new patch; plus simple, joyful recipes for the summer bounty
DIG IN: Nectarine & thyme brioche toasties
Where the Venn diagram of breakfast and dessert overlaps deliciously.
PEAK SEASON SUPPERS #2: Courgette pesto soda bread & tomatoes
JULY. Putting nowness on your plate with a new take on pan con tomate